Draupadi- A role model for women.

Sita and Draupadi represent earth and fire qualities respectively they say. Indians, mostly men consider Sita as a role model. They are quite comfortable with Sita because she sat in the garden waiting for her husband, Ram. She didn't declare war against Ravan. Ram asks her to sit in the fire, and she goes in; he asks her to leave the house and she obliges. Most men would love their wives to be like Sita. Without doubt, Sita was great but this is Kaliyug. A Sita will/may not be allowed to survive with her terms now. Draupadi was not in the same comfort zone compared to Sita. The circumstances faced by Draupadi were not easy including her marriage. She was disrobed in front of the whole court, and none of her husbands spoke for her! She took a stand when she was threatened and declared a one-sided war.  

I personally feel that Draupadi is more suitable for the women of this modern generation. She truly deserves the attention of modern women. The modern woman, just like Draupadi, is not going to be a passive woman. She will be fiery.  She is not going to tolerate injustice. 

Draupadi declared war with Kauravas long before it actually happened. Her forces were working behind the scene and one day the war did happen.  In some ways, she upheld the honor of women for all times.