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कन्यादान विवाद: हिंदुओं की कुप्रथा, या लिबरल्स का दोगलापन! || आचार्य प्रशांत (2021)
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Vedanta
Kanyadaan
Objectification
Consciousness
Liberalism
Spirituality
Sanatana Dharma
Upanishads
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a controversy surrounding a clothing brand's advertisement where an actress questions the ritual of 'Kanyadaan,' arguing that she is not a property to be donated. He uses a folk metaphor of a sieve laughing at a winnowing basket's single hole despite having many holes itself to highlight the hypocrisy of the critics. He argues that while the ritual might objectify women, the clothing industry, the film industry, and liberal media are the primary culprits of objectifying the female body for profit. He points out that actresses who claim to be progressive often voluntarily objectify themselves through suggestive photoshoots and social media content, thereby influencing millions of young girls to view themselves as mere physical objects rather than conscious beings.