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Gandhari is a powerful character and therefore a role model.
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Gord Sellar "Alone With Gandhari" (Clarkesworld #42, March 2010, also in audio)
March 2010 2010
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Gandhari, often referred to as the ‘model of female propriety’, also considered an incarnation of Mati, (Goddess of Intelligence) is the daughter of Subala, the king of Gandhara, (modern Kandhahar) a region in the northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan.
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Gandhari was much respected and admired quite deservedly so by all, including the Pandavas.
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On hind sight one can see that Gandhari was more of a victim of a society that attempted to endorse male supremacy.
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Gandhari volunteered to blindfold herself throughout her married life which is generally assumed to be an act of supreme self sacrifice.
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Gord Sellar "Alone With Gandhari" (Clarkesworld #42, March 2010, also in audio)
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I shall be taking up the cases of Four Queens, Sumithra and Kaikeyi from the Ramayana along with Gandhari and Kunti from the Mahabharata.
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She takes the role of Queen Gandhari, who elects to go through life blindfolded, acquiring great wisdom and enduring great tragedy.
Gnosis 2010
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Sri Gandhari — A winged goddess, with the symbol of a horse or ass.
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