India Women

India: Single Women Break Their Silence

Inter Press Service | Nitin Jugran Bahuguna | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


By Nitin Jugran Bahuguna NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (IPS) - It has been more than eight years since the January 2001 earthquake struck the Indian state of G...

In India, More Women Demand Toilets Before Marriage

washingtonpost.com | Emily Wax | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


NILOKHERI, India -- An ideal groom in this dusty farming village is a vegetarian, does not drink, has good prospects for a stable job and promises his...

India: Women Use Boxing As A Ticket To A Middle-Class Life

nytimes.com | SOMINI SENGUPTA | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


Boxing represents a new kind of freedom to the women who entered this steamy, old-fashioned ring on India's southern tip. ...