Things I learned today… and yesterday Dalits are STILL under intense oppression in India today I can type faster then I an write There is no coffee in India… only Chai Chai MEANS tea… so if you call it Chai tea you are really saying tea tea… silly American It’s socially acceptable to serve hot [...]
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Why are females less valued?
Posted: June 28, 2011 in IndiaTags: female feticide, Female foeticide, India, women's rights
The truth is: it is not getting better for girls, it is getting worse. The problem is much greater than economics, education and lifestyle. India has long banned gendercide, but law and family pressure are two different categories. Often, the pregnant women are pressured by their families to abort if they expect a girl — especially [...]
I’m sitting in a house… with a fan… eating delisious snacks… learning all about the humans right issues in India and dreaming with the Salt Initiatives team on ways they can impact society by changing worldview in addressing these issues. amazing I am realizing the part of the reason my memories of India are kind of a [...]
