In India, sex-selective abortions and female infanticide, due to a preference for male babies, has created one of the most severe gender imbalances in the world.
Now, the shortage of women is generating a dangerous demand for
brides among men desperate to marry, especially in states like Haryana,
which has one of the country's worst gender ratios.
Traffickers are stepping in to meet this demand, kidnapping women from other states and selling them to men in Haryana.
Sumber : <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/cows-goats-india-slave-brides-161114084933017.html>http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/cows-goats-india-slave-brides-161114084933017.html</a>
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Women burnt alive in Hindu India 'honour killing'.
Sumber : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/03/131337/woman-burnt-alive-india-honour-killing
JAIPUR, India: A woman was burnt to death by her brothers for marrying a man belonging to a different caste, police said Sunday, in the latest incident of a so-called honour killing in India. Rama Kunwar, 30, had eloped with her lover eight years ago and returned to her village in western Rajasthan state on Friday, hoping her family had forgiven her for marrying against their wishes. But her still enraged brothers barged in as she was visiting her in-laws’ house and dragged her outside before setting her on fire as other villagers watched. “She thought that her parents would now accept her but as soon as her brothers came to know that she was in the village, they rushed to that house and dragged her out,” Brijran Singh, a senior administrative officer of Dungarpur district, told AFP. “She cried for help but no one came to rescue her. They also conducted the funeral on the same night to destroy evidence,” he said. Kunwar’s mother-in-law however alerted the police who reached the spot and doused the funeral pyre in order to collect evidence. One of Kunwar’s brothers and six other men have been arrested. Authorities are still searching for an unspecified number of suspects, Singh added. Honour killings - where couples are targeted because their families or communities disapprove of their relationships - have been carried out for centuries in India, especially in rural areas. They are carried out by close relatives or village elders to protect what is seen as the family’s reputation and pride in a hereditary-based caste system. India’s Supreme Court in 2011 ruled those involved in honour killings should face the death penalty. --AFP Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/03/131337/woman-burnt-alive-india-honour-killing
JAIPUR, India: A woman was burnt to death by her brothers for marrying a man belonging to a different caste, police said Sunday, in the latest incident of a so-called honour killing in India. Rama Kunwar, 30, had eloped with her lover eight years ago and returned to her village in western Rajasthan state on Friday, hoping her family had forgiven her for marrying against their wishes. But her still enraged brothers barged in as she was visiting her in-laws’ house and dragged her outside before setting her on fire as other villagers watched. “She thought that her parents would now accept her but as soon as her brothers came to know that she was in the village, they rushed to that house and dragged her out,” Brijran Singh, a senior administrative officer of Dungarpur district, told AFP. “She cried for help but no one came to rescue her. They also conducted the funeral on the same night to destroy evidence,” he said. Kunwar’s mother-in-law however alerted the police who reached the spot and doused the funeral pyre in order to collect evidence. One of Kunwar’s brothers and six other men have been arrested. Authorities are still searching for an unspecified number of suspects, Singh added. Honour killings - where couples are targeted because their families or communities disapprove of their relationships - have been carried out for centuries in India, especially in rural areas. They are carried out by close relatives or village elders to protect what is seen as the family’s reputation and pride in a hereditary-based caste system. India’s Supreme Court in 2011 ruled those involved in honour killings should face the death penalty. --AFP Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/03/131337/woman-burnt-alive-india-honour-killing
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Jat crisis
Sumber : http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/india-caste-crisis-erupt-in-fresh-riots-and-arson-leaving-10-dead
ROHTAK (India), Feb 21 — Fresh rioting and arson erupted in the north Indian state of Haryana today in caste protests that have left 10 people dead, and New Delhi faced a water crisis after mobs shut down a key supply source.
Thousands of troops with shoot-on-sight orders were deployed yesterday after week-long protests turned violent, with rioters setting fire to homes and railway stations and blocking highways.
Ten people have been killed and about 150 injured in the state since Friday when officers fired on rioters, Haryana police chief Yash Pal Singal told a press conference.
The Jat rural caste is leading the protests, demanding quotas be set for Jats for highly sought-after government jobs and for university places. Caste members say they are struggling to find places despite India’s strong economic growth.
Talks were held in Delhi between Jat leaders, national Home (interior) Minister Rajnath Singh and the Haryana government run by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
ROHTAK (India), Feb 21 — Fresh rioting and arson erupted in the north Indian state of Haryana today in caste protests that have left 10 people dead, and New Delhi faced a water crisis after mobs shut down a key supply source.
Thousands of troops with shoot-on-sight orders were deployed yesterday after week-long protests turned violent, with rioters setting fire to homes and railway stations and blocking highways.
Ten people have been killed and about 150 injured in the state since Friday when officers fired on rioters, Haryana police chief Yash Pal Singal told a press conference.
The Jat rural caste is leading the protests, demanding quotas be set for Jats for highly sought-after government jobs and for university places. Caste members say they are struggling to find places despite India’s strong economic growth.
Talks were held in Delhi between Jat leaders, national Home (interior) Minister Rajnath Singh and the Haryana government run by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Hindu semakin kuat di India
Sumber : http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/india-s-government-is-becoming-increasingly-antiscience/
Three murders, a suicide and a rash of political appointments at universities have thrown Indian academia into an uproar against the conservative (right-wing) government. Prominent artists, writers, historians and scientists are speaking out against an intensifying climate of religious intolerance and political interference in academic affairs. “What’s going on in this country is really dangerous,” says Rajat Tandon, a number theorist at Hyderabad Central University. Tandon is one of more than 100 prominent scientists, including many heads of institutions, who signed a statement protesting “the ways in which science and reason are being eroded in the country.” The statement cites the murder of three noted rationalists — men who had dedicated their lives to countering superstition and championed scientific thought — and what they see as the government’s silent complicity.
Three murders, a suicide and a rash of political appointments at universities have thrown Indian academia into an uproar against the conservative (right-wing) government. Prominent artists, writers, historians and scientists are speaking out against an intensifying climate of religious intolerance and political interference in academic affairs. “What’s going on in this country is really dangerous,” says Rajat Tandon, a number theorist at Hyderabad Central University. Tandon is one of more than 100 prominent scientists, including many heads of institutions, who signed a statement protesting “the ways in which science and reason are being eroded in the country.” The statement cites the murder of three noted rationalists — men who had dedicated their lives to countering superstition and championed scientific thought — and what they see as the government’s silent complicity.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Potong jari tanda berterimakasih
Sumber : http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1660446
Supporter cuts off finger to support India opposition.
Posted on 10 January 2016 - 04:13pm
NEW DELHI: A businessman cut off one of his fingers as a gesture of thanks to the gods after India's opposition leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi were granted bail in a court case, a report said Sunday.
Induvalu Suresh, 35, hacked off his little finger last month before wrapping it in a rupee note and dropping it in a Hindu temple donation box in the country's south, according to the Times of India.
The owner of a granite business, from Ramanagara near the southern city of Bangalore, said he had vowed to make the unusual gesture of gratitude if the mother-son duo of the famed Gandhi dynasty were given bail.
"I wrapped the finger in a 1,000 rupee (US$15, RM66.34) note with a letter thanking God for granting bail to Sonia and Rahul and dropped it in the hundi (donation pot)," Suresh told the newspaper.
"I did not feel the pain when I cut my finger. Later, I went to the hospital adjacent to the temple and told the doctor that I lost my finger while repairing the AC compressor of my car," he said.
The Gandhis, leaders of the Congress party which was crushed in the 2014 general election, were summoned to court last month over allegations they misused funds of a newspaper once run by the family.
The pair were given bail in the case brought by a politician from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The paper was launched by India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and closed in 2008. Sonia Gandhi, widow of Nehru's grandson Rajiv, later became the chief patron of the trust that ran the publication.
A Congress lawmaker has reportedly thanked Suresh for the finger sacrifice but stressed the party was not keen on "sycophancy of pain".
The Gandhis still have legions of loyal supporters despite their party's drubbing in the polls by the BJP.
The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has provided three prime ministers and its Congress party has dominated Indian politics since independence. – AFP
Supporter cuts off finger to support India opposition.
Posted on 10 January 2016 - 04:13pm
NEW DELHI: A businessman cut off one of his fingers as a gesture of thanks to the gods after India's opposition leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi were granted bail in a court case, a report said Sunday.
Induvalu Suresh, 35, hacked off his little finger last month before wrapping it in a rupee note and dropping it in a Hindu temple donation box in the country's south, according to the Times of India.
The owner of a granite business, from Ramanagara near the southern city of Bangalore, said he had vowed to make the unusual gesture of gratitude if the mother-son duo of the famed Gandhi dynasty were given bail.
"I wrapped the finger in a 1,000 rupee (US$15, RM66.34) note with a letter thanking God for granting bail to Sonia and Rahul and dropped it in the hundi (donation pot)," Suresh told the newspaper.
"I did not feel the pain when I cut my finger. Later, I went to the hospital adjacent to the temple and told the doctor that I lost my finger while repairing the AC compressor of my car," he said.
The Gandhis, leaders of the Congress party which was crushed in the 2014 general election, were summoned to court last month over allegations they misused funds of a newspaper once run by the family.
The pair were given bail in the case brought by a politician from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The paper was launched by India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and closed in 2008. Sonia Gandhi, widow of Nehru's grandson Rajiv, later became the chief patron of the trust that ran the publication.
A Congress lawmaker has reportedly thanked Suresh for the finger sacrifice but stressed the party was not keen on "sycophancy of pain".
The Gandhis still have legions of loyal supporters despite their party's drubbing in the polls by the BJP.
The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has provided three prime ministers and its Congress party has dominated Indian politics since independence. – AFP
Saturday, January 2, 2016
No jeans in Hindu temples
Sumber : http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2016/01/02/jean-wearing-devotees-barred-from-hindu-temples/
NEW DELHI (AFP): Hindu temples in southern India began turning away devotees wearing western clothes Friday after a court order banning jeans and shorts as “inappropriate” for spiritual worship came into effect.
In December the Madras High Court ordered temple authorities in Tamil Nadu state to refuse entry to anyone wearing jeans, bermuda shorts, skirts, short-sleeves or tight leggings to “enhance spiritual ambiance."
Hundreds of staff members in the coastal state’s 6,000 temples, ranging from small shrines to major religious sites, remained on alert Friday for people flouting the ban, which came into force on Jan 1.
“We have enforced the court order from today. A few people were politely turned back for not wearing the prescribed dress,” a superintendent at the Arulmigu Ramanatha Swami Temple in Rameswaram district told AFP, asking not to be named.
The dress code applies to both locals and foreigners visiting the temples, some of which are major tourist attractions.
Arulmigu Ramanatha Swami temple alone receives more than four million visitors each year, the official said.
Men are allowed to wear dhoti -- a traditional long lower garment -- or pyjamas with a cloth top or formal pants and shirts, while women are allowed to wear sarees or half sarees with a blouse.
“We should dress for public worship in a way that is generally considered appropriate,” the court said in the order.
Several Hindu temples and other religious sites in India restrict devotees from entering the premises on pretext of dress, eating habits -- some do not allow non-vegetarians to enter -- as well gender.
In Mumbai a women’s rights group is fighting a legal battle to overturn a four-year ban on entry of women to Haji Ali Dargah, a Muslim shrine, where menstruation was cited as the reason for the restriction.
While in urban centres such as New Delhi and Mumbai many people, especially men, wear western clothes, in the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala traditional garments are more popular.
NEW DELHI (AFP): Hindu temples in southern India began turning away devotees wearing western clothes Friday after a court order banning jeans and shorts as “inappropriate” for spiritual worship came into effect.
In December the Madras High Court ordered temple authorities in Tamil Nadu state to refuse entry to anyone wearing jeans, bermuda shorts, skirts, short-sleeves or tight leggings to “enhance spiritual ambiance."
Hundreds of staff members in the coastal state’s 6,000 temples, ranging from small shrines to major religious sites, remained on alert Friday for people flouting the ban, which came into force on Jan 1.
“We have enforced the court order from today. A few people were politely turned back for not wearing the prescribed dress,” a superintendent at the Arulmigu Ramanatha Swami Temple in Rameswaram district told AFP, asking not to be named.
The dress code applies to both locals and foreigners visiting the temples, some of which are major tourist attractions.
Arulmigu Ramanatha Swami temple alone receives more than four million visitors each year, the official said.
Men are allowed to wear dhoti -- a traditional long lower garment -- or pyjamas with a cloth top or formal pants and shirts, while women are allowed to wear sarees or half sarees with a blouse.
“We should dress for public worship in a way that is generally considered appropriate,” the court said in the order.
Several Hindu temples and other religious sites in India restrict devotees from entering the premises on pretext of dress, eating habits -- some do not allow non-vegetarians to enter -- as well gender.
In Mumbai a women’s rights group is fighting a legal battle to overturn a four-year ban on entry of women to Haji Ali Dargah, a Muslim shrine, where menstruation was cited as the reason for the restriction.
While in urban centres such as New Delhi and Mumbai many people, especially men, wear western clothes, in the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala traditional garments are more popular.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
2.1 juta penghidap HIV di India
Sumber : http://www.livemint.com/Politics/0IpXv6Eb1upnlELMJvXvIP/News-in-Numbers--21-million-people-living-with-HIV-in-Indi.html
2.1 million people living with HIV in India: UN report
According to a report, an estimated 50,000 new HIV infections among youngsters accounted for 15% of new infections in 2014 in the Asia-Pacific region.
a UN report says India is home to the third highest number of people living with HIV in the world at 2.1 million. This is about four out of 10 affected with the virus in the Asia-Pacific region.
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2.1 million people living with HIV in India: UN report
According to a report, an estimated 50,000 new HIV infections among youngsters accounted for 15% of new infections in 2014 in the Asia-Pacific region.
a UN report says India is home to the third highest number of people living with HIV in the world at 2.1 million. This is about four out of 10 affected with the virus in the Asia-Pacific region.
howindialives.com is a search engine for public data
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