06
Nov
2008
by admin | Tags: Employment, Infrastructure, Society, Women
Female shop assistants first made their appearance in Kurumbur bazaar after STD booths [phone booths] opened in this tiny town.
Before their advent, one did not see girls behind shop counters here. After all, this was rural Tamil Nadu, where the only two places women worked were either in the fields or as domestic help. [...]
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05
Apr
2008
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: Men, Naked Parade., Rape, Society, Women
A mob of 70-80 men groped and molested two young women for some 15 minutes on a busy main street in India. The police respond with: “Don’t blow it out of proportion, you are creating a mountain out of a molehill”
You type “Women Paraded Naked India” and you will get at least 10 pages with [...]
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13
Feb
2008
by shishir | Tags: Female Infanticide, Haryana, Law & Order, Politics, Punjab, Society, Women
THE HAND that rocks the cradle, rules the world! Marilyn Monroe was asked how does she feel being a part of a man’s world. She said as long as I am a woman in it, I don’t see a problem. Alas, if she were an Indian girl, her reply would have been different.
Welcome to ‘Incredible [...]
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04
Feb
2008
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: Crime, Law and Order, Molestation, Society, Women
DESPITE REPORTS of increasing incidents of rape of foreign tourists at popular tourist sites, there seems to be clear apathy towards the whole issue of tourist safety in India.
Already, several prominent countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Canada and France have issued warnings on the law and order situation here through the travel advisories they [...]
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31
Jan
2008
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: Awareness, Children, TOI, Women
I found this article in Times of India.
A plastic surgeon accused of sexually assaulting his patients; a doctor charged with the rape of a 10-year-old; a mob stripping two women in public; a hotel owner held for raping a tourist; a Russian doctor molested and a UK tourist raped — all this in a span [...]
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20
Oct
2007
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: Awareness, Society, Women
A national survey conducted by the All India Democratic Women’s Association reveals that the dowry system is widespread and has permeated every section of society.”Even as we did the survey, a very ordinary looking girl was beaten up with a spice-grinding machine. Her fault: she was not good-looking, nor did she bring enough dowry.”— from [...]
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07
Sep
2007
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: Law & Order, Society, Women
Rape is one of the most heinous crimes done by one human to control, dominate and force the other to their own will. It is a prevalent world-wide. Whatever reasons might be behind it - social, religious or in wars, it carries the same crushing shame, anger and emotional trauma.
Let us see the following figures [...]
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