APRIL 17, 1975
THE TWIG
PAGE 3
Unique musicianship displayed
by multi-talented Indian artist
Y.G'. Srimati, an Indian
musician and artist, spent last
Monday and Friday on the
Meredith campus. During her
visit, Ms. Srimati lectured on
Indian music and displayed
some of her own painting. She
explained that the Indian idea
of an artist calls for one to be
familiar with all aspects of the
fine arts. Ms. Srimati cer
tainly exemplifies this ideal
artist, for she sings, is an
accomplished musician, and
has painted many “ragas”,
(much like “painting
Beethoven’s Fifth Sym
phony”).
On Wednesday night,
Srimati presented a concert of
instrumental and vocal music
of India in Jones Auditorium.
The atmosphere was serene
as she played and sang ex-
in-
the
Mahatma displayed
anachronistic interest
In conjunction with Y.G.
Srimati’s visit a film was
shown of the lif6‘ of Gandhi.
One of Gandhi’s concerns with
which the film delat was his
campaign for woman’s
equality. Gandhi’s views on
Indian women were at last
viewed as shocking by his
people but they gained wide
acceptance. His opinions and
the situations he formed them
under gain special
significance during 1975,
International Woman’s Year,
and they add a perspective to
all discussions of equal rights
for women.
Gandhi involved himself
and all Indians in Indian
politics in an effort to lessen
British dominance of India.
He alone early encouraged the
Indians to struggle non-
violently for independence
with marches, boycotts, and
passive resistance as the
means. He believed that
women were particularly
suited for challenging the
British with passive
resistance, Satyagraha.
Not only was Gandhi the
political leader of India in this
unique confrontation but also
its philosophical and religious
Mahatma, “great soul”. In
recruiting masses of Indians
for his movements, he at
tacked many social and
cultural stratifications. His
movement had no respect for
caste. He pushed for the
aboiltion of castism and for
incorporation of the un
touchables, the harijans into
all aspects of Indian life. He
recognized also that women
must play a vital role in the
development of new India:
“women must”, he reiterated,
“have votes and an equal
legal status”, anything “that
will impair the status of either
(men or women) will involve
the equal ruin of both”.
Woman was, he realized,
“man’s chattel”, a condition
from which she must escape,
he believed. He spoke against
the legal, social, and religious
discrimination against
women. He editorialized
against the custom of en
forced widowhood, the purdah
(social and physical isolation
of women from men), the
dedication of girls to temples
as prostitutes, the marriage
by women before the age of 20,
the dowry system, and the
economic bondage of women
to their husbands. His was
often the first vehement and
widely heard attack against
these institutions in colonial
India.
“Men and women are
equal in status”, he said. “In
my opinion women should
labor under no legal disability
not suffered by men.”
Though recognizing that
women were capable of
fighting in military wars, he
believed that they were
ideally suited to the ardures of
passive resistance. He
stressed, “to call women the
weaker sex is libel; it is man’s
injustice to women. If by
strength is meant brute
strength, than indeed is
woman less brute than man. If
by strength is meant moral
power, than woman is im
measurably man’s superior.
Has she not greater intuition,
is she not more self-
sacrificing, has she not
greater powers of endurance.
Has she not greater courage?
Without her, man could not be.
If non-violence is the law of
her being, the future is with
woman.”
He involved women in his
marches, and in his boycotts.
His women followers were
jailed along with men for
manufacturing salt and for
spinning. Both of these native
occupations were
monopolized by the British
and forbidden by them to
Indians. Women were in the
forefront of his moves to
recuscitate home industry.
He was particularly
concerned about the education
of women. He wanted all
(Continued on Page 4)
pressively. Her major
strument was the vina,
oldest musical instrument in
the world. Made of the jack-
wood tree and intricately
painted, the vin has seven
strings and according to
Srimati, is very difficult to
pluck, although she did so
expertly. She also demon
strated the droning Tambura.
Singing in Sanskrit and
Hindi, she performed several
“ragas” and improvised on
baisc musical patterns. The
audience participated by
clapping hands and keeping
the beat and were encouraged
to sing a five note raga. Her
cello-like voice was soothing
and left her listeners peaceful
and contemplative.
(Continued on Page 4)
Lynn McArthur’s Whole Woman
Starvation.
Who
YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YUu THINK
Last year CARE provided $5.85
worth of aid for every dollar
donated . . .
$5 gives nutritious food to 270
children.
$10 provides poor farmers two days
of training in techniques of
growing more food.
CARE
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL
$25 delivers 375 pounds of food in OFFICE / 2581 Piedmont
some areas. r . ,. ^ a
Road. N.E., Room 23-A,
$50 equips a family with fools, Atlanta, Georgia 30324
seeds, fertilizer and equipment
to grow more food.
You are what you eat
Wnat you eat is really
important for good health, but
no matter where you eat or
how good the food, anything
can get old after awhile. It
happens every spring after
eating in the same cafeteria
day after day for so many
months. You have learned to
“take a break” by going to
McDonald’s, Roy Rogers, or
the Pizza Hut, but health-wise
these are not the best alter
natives and they too can get
old, FAST.
What then you ask?
Behold ... a new alternative
in restaurants has come to
Raleigh. Located on the
Hillsborough Street extension,
the “Irregardless” is a unique
health foods restaurant that
just recently opened to the
public.
Last week several
students and myself checked
it out and found it to be a
pleasant surprise for our
stomachs. The menu varies
from meal to meal but there
are usually three main dishes^
a soup ol the day, various
salads, a number of iced and
hot teas and always . . . fresh
hot homemade breadd). The
Piedmont’s new
50/30 Excursion Plan.
Saves you money,
buys you time.
And taking advantage of it is simple. You can leave any time
on a Saturday. Then save up to 50% on the return portion of
your Piedmont ticket—just by coming back on a Saturday,
Sunday or up to noon on Monday, within 30 days of de
parture. That's Piedmont's 50/30 Excursion Plan. An easier
than ever way to take us up and save.
Piedmont also offers special Group 10 Fares and more-
for-your-money vacation package plans.
We've got a place for you, along with plenty of money
saving ways to get there. See your travel agent or call
Piedmont Airlines. Most major credit cards accepted.
main dishes are combinations
of various vegetables
sometimes with cheese or
rice. The night we went there
was ratatoille (a vegetable
stew), rice and parsley
casserole, tomato-squash
casserole, potato soup, fresh
whole wheat bread (with
butter and honey), a fresh
vegetable salad with sun
flower seeds on top, pep
permint tea (among others)
and Breyer’s all natural ice
cream for dessert.
When we went in there
were threats of “going to get a
pizza later” . . . but by the
time we left there were
comments like, “Next time I
think I’ll try . . .”
Next time you get the
“blahs” around lunch or
dinner time, treat yourself to
a healthy, good tasting meal. .
for under $3.00.
‘‘Irregardless’
‘irresistible”
1 s
KfimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiHiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiii
TWO GUYS I
AMERITALIAN RESTAURANT |
‘PCjfd (A 0m dfitcicUttf I
Op«n 11-12 Monday-Saturdoy
12-10 Sunday
2504 Hillsborough St.
832-2324
I
s
I
I
niiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHuiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
All ifeniK to go
What college women
are being pinned
with.
As a woman ROTC
student, you'll com
pete for your commis
sion on the same foot
ing as the men in your
class.
There are 2-year,
3-year, and 4-year
scholarship programs
available. A young
woman enrolled in the
AFROTC 4-year pro
gram is also qualified
to compete for an
AFROTC col lege schol
arship which will
cover the remaining 2
or 3 years she has as
a cadet. Tuition is
covered...all fees
paid...textbook costs
reimbursed . . . plus
$100 a month allow
ance, tax-free.
A woman's place is
definitely In the Air
Force and our pinning
ceremony will be the
highlight of her col
lege experience.
Put it all together in Air Force ROTC.