The Tragedy Of Being A Girl In India.

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ghulam muhammed
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The Tragedy Of Being A Girl In India.

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Unread post by ghulam muhammed » Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:41 pm

The Tragedy of Being a Girl in India

It is said that India is the ‘most dangerous country in the world in which to be a girl’. A controversial United Nations finding based on a range of distressing social statistics rooted in gender and caste prejudice, much of which can be traced back to 18th century colonialism and the destructive ‘divide and rule’ methodology employed by the British.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/30/ ... ndia/print

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Re: The Tragedy Of Being A Girl In India.

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Unread post by qutub_mamajiwala » Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:23 am

it may be tragedy in india, we are still developing and reforming.
but it is surely more tragedy in middle eastern countries, which dont choose to develop and reform

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Re: The Tragedy Of Being A Girl In India.

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Unread post by KA786110 » Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:49 pm

qutub_mamajiwala wrote:it may be tragedy in india, we are still developing and reforming.
but it is surely more tragedy in middle eastern countries, which dont choose to develop and reform
I would include tribal areas and feudal caste of Afghan and Pakistan as well.