"The Hindu Woman's Wifehood", basically, comes up to address "development and destruction" as the two sides of a 'change-named coin', and, consequently, draws an analogy between the positive-and-constructive and negative-and-destructive changes that occur in "flowing water" and "stagnant water" respectively, where the static and mundane nature of women's societal and domestic existence makes her assume the role of the latter.
