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INDIA-WOMEN-CHILDREN-CRIME
To go with INDIA-WOMEN-CHILDREN-CRIME by Rupam Nair
This photo taken on November 15, 2011 shows Padma Kanwar Bhatti smiling as she sits among a classroom of boys during a lesson in a small school in Devda, in the Rajasthan state district of Jaisalmer, which has one of the worst female sex ratios in India. As the only girl in her noisy classroom of 22 boys, Padma Kanwar Bhatti is one defiant symbol of the toll exacted by India's deadly preference for male children. Almost everyone in Devda and neighbouring villages acknowledges the reality of female infanticide, a crime based in ancient custom and continued today even as much of India experiences rapid economic and social change. Local historians believe infanticide in the region may have its roots in wars fought generations ago when Rajput Hindu clan elders chose the drastic step of killing their daughters to save them from rape by Muslim invaders. AFP PHOTO/Roberto SCHMIDT
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Devda, RAJASTHAN, INDIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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ROBERTO SCHMIDT |
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3 Februarie 2012 |
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4256 x 2832 (1.44 MB) |
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