4th September 1987 sati incident in Rajasthan ignites controversy across India The Statesman (Calcutta) of November 5th 1987 by Patrick D. Harrigan Note by Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Editor of The Statesman:It is not “surprising that a handful of English-educated exponents of ‘social progress’ would take upon themselves the moral burden of ‘uplifting the ignorant masses’—that is, to make […]
