Daily Archives: March 14th, 2007
Foundling wheel in India?
Female foeticide is a saddening problem in India. While many modern and educated families don’t really care about the sex of their children, rural families want boys. Girls are an unwelcome strain on the family finances for the dowry in their weddings, as well as incapable of physically standing up to the strain of labour [...]
Elizabeth Hurley breaking Hindu Law?
I found this on a PR-Inside news release The model-and-actress jetted off to India for a week of traditional Hindu ceremonies, but angry locals insist she has broken the law. Vishnu Khandewal, from Jodhpur, claims under 295a of the Indian Penal Code – which deals with “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings” [...]