Search results (5)
  • Rema Nagarajan
    Times of India
    2022

    Polygyny or the practice of having more than one wife is legal in India only for Muslims, but National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data shows it is almost as prevalent in other communities, though on the decline in all.

  • Enakshi Ganguly Thukral
    HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
    2016

    This study attempts to look at the extent, causes, manifestation and the interventions made on trafficking of children in the country.  

  • M.J. Joseph, Tom Thomas
    UN Women
    2014

  • Sudha Pillai
    Deccan Herald
    1999

    The stark white room is echoing with dreams. "I want to become a doctor... I am engineer... I want to become a nun... (this evokes a riot of laughter) I want to become a dress designer... My dream is to become a social worker ....

  • Sadhna Pathak
    Pioneer
    1999

    Patharia, a village-situated in the Bundhelkund region is stark contrast to other villages. Inhabited by the Bedia tribe, a part of the vimukta jati where adult members in the family never worked and depended solely on the earnings of the young girl involved in prostitution.