“The women were emboldened by the first opportunity that had ever presented itself in their lives; the chance to take off the yoke and look back at the long slavish distance they had walked. How else could they count their losses? The neck of an ox, carrying a wooden yoke, cannot turn.” PhilosophyHuman NaturePatriarchyIndian CulturePatriarchal SocietyIndian FictionPatriarchal Culture Book:Pushing Gods Out Source: Pushing Gods Out