in bihar there is a ritual in diwali where girls are made to fill little play house which…

Khushi, notice what you did there. You spotted a rule that only applies to girls, and you didn't just accept it as normal, you asked why. That question itself is the exact thing the post is pointing at, seeing the frame before it gets swallowed as identity. Most people fill the gherondha their whole lives without ever once wondering why their hands and not their brother's. You paused mid ritual and looked. What else in buhar gets called tradition but only ever lands on one gender's plate? --- Support this mission of Mass Based Education of the Self. https://acharyaprashant.org/en/contribute?cmId=m00401