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When two words fell
Performance at Buka Jalan Performance Art Festival, National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2011
Punching holes in chapter 9 of a Sanskrit text called “The Laws of Manu” (The Laws of Man). The book provides guidance about how Hindu society should conduct itself. Chapter 9 outlines a woman’s role in society.