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Like other people have said, in a billion people you can find anything you want to, but the described custom is extremly unusual. I am an Indian, raised in semi
by shabda 10y ago
Like other people have said, in a billion people you can find anything you want to, but the described custom is extremly unusual. I am an Indian, raised in semi-rural area, and I have never heard of this happening. NYT is just pushing its narrative.
- corndoge 10y agoAnd yet it's a common occurrence to read in the news of women who were assaulted and not infrequently killed for e.g. wrinkling their husband's clothes. Of course I don't purport that everyone in a country of over a billion people behaves this way but it's far more common than it should be.
- praneshp 10y agoReally? Can you point me to 4 or 5 cases where women were killed for such trivial things? As a counter example, it's really common to read about dowry-related killings. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/24771-dowry-deaths-reported-in-last-3-years-govt/ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/24771-do...