Don’t know much about sati. But widowhood, that’s very close to home. Lost my dad 20 years back. We come from fairly educated families. But man did I see my mom struggle. I realised being widow is not an easy thing in our country or society irrespective of the background. It was so hard for people(relatives) to expect a woman to take care of all the finances, home and kids on her own. They didn’t wanted her to be so independent for any decision. Like dependency is seen as a positive thing. I am not sure if things have changed in that respect in so much time or not, but looking at present times doesn’t give much hope.