 Today's story is from the culture of Draupadi from the Ginji region in Tamil Nadu which is supposed to be the center of the Draupadi stories. This one is a version of the jeer haran or the disrobing of Draupadi. Angarama had acquired such superior knowledge that she could defeat in discussions the greatest pundits of her time. These men did not like to lose in arguments and discussions to a young girl and so they decided to put together a plan to disgrace her in public. And so for this purpose they presented her with a beautiful smooth cloth to wear as a sari which would when she put it on her body slip unawares from her waist and make her appear naked in front of everybody. Angarama accepted their present but understanding their intentions she put it on in such a manner that it would not slip and then thus attired she entered the assembly where she managed to defeat an argument all of these men who had attempted to dishonor her. Now there's no way of knowing whether this is the original version of the story or a later version but those of you who've read the Mahabharati remember one of the Kaurav brothers later on in the story saying a few times actually that he believes that Draupadi had suspected what they were going to do to her which is why that plan hadn't worked because she had tied her sari in such a way that it would not come off. But whether it's original or later I absolutely love this story because I love stories of intelligent women who know how to look off to themselves and these are the stories that we need to be telling more.