Indian Women- Are They Less Assertive?

A boy student from a French university was asked to describe the

girl he would like to have as his life partner.His answer was:

"The girl should have British complexion, Irish smile,

French curves, Spanish walk, Italian hair, Egyptian eyes,

Greek nose, American teeth, Vienna voice, Japanese laughter,

Swiss hands, Scandinavian legs, Chinese foot,

and Australian breast and the Jewish brain"

She should know to cook like a French ,maintain

the house like a German, dress like an American and

BE OBEDIENT LIKE AN INDIAN."

What an impression about Indian girls!

I hope the pursuit will be never ending until and unless

a special Brahma offers to complete the WONDER PROJECT.
This advertisement made me contemplate.
"Choosing" a Life Partner?

Do we "choose" or are we fated to get? And choosing is only a "Maayaa"?

With all the ideal transcontinental, transregional and
utopian qualities, such a bride should be in the world of idealism
or only in imagination; and no girl has ever got an "ideal" husband too.

Nevertheless the desires of human mind are sky-high with
no limits to its height. Does that idealism of the student
consider only the Indian wife being obedient (submissive?).

I would remind all knowledgeable readers about the
Shakespearean play, The Taming of the Shrew. What does the
character Petruchio do to "tame" the "shrewish" Kate?
The tendency of keeping women "under one's thumb"
is not Indian (alone). The play also brings forth the truth
that no woman is ever a shrew? She can "change"
or rather she can bring out her true personality in
such circumstances as Petruchio develops for her.

Was the "godly" Sita obedient or assertive? She
cast away the plesures of the palace in her own
unhindered choice of her forest life for 14 years
along with Raama, but also spurned the same pleasure
to teach a lesson to the people of Ayodhya that
they cannot get away with wild accusations.
Was Kannagi submissive or assertive? And the one
among the five ideal women, the Paanchaali? Every
Indian woman in truth represents these venerable
personalities without any advertisement or public
proclamation. Within their apparent obedience lies
in deep their assertiveness, assertiveness of the
superior innate quality of chastity, truth, devotion
and above all sacrifice. The westerners (and following them, we too)
should not judge our women by outward appearance
alone. In our school book there was a story of Pearl. In the end,
the lesson says: Let us not judge the oyster by its outward
appearance alone; it produces one of the greatest attractive
and valuable pearl!

Jayasala42