Google on Wednesday dedicated a special doodle to mark the 153rd birth anniversary of medico Rukhmabai Raut, who proved instrumental in getting the obnoxious practice of child marriages banned not only in colonial India but the entire British Empire. The Hindu woman also excelled as one of the first practicing[Read More…]
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Jharkhand village setting example by naming streets after educated girls
A village in Potka block of Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district is setting a whole new example in promoting girls’ education. Actually, Juri – a village (150 km south of state capital Ranchi), has initiated an unusual practice to encourage education among girls by naming lanes after them. Under this initiative,[Read More…]
When girls dress like men, they think like them and it reduces their urge to reproduce: College Principal
A woman principal in a college in Mumbai has been quoted as saying that polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, a common disease in women caused by hormonal imbalance, happens when they dress like men as it causes gender reversals in their minds and lessens their urge to reproduce. “I have[Read More…]