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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Watched, scared and trapped in an Australian visa nightmare, Kiran is one of India's abandoned brides'

Kiran's* husband was more than 10,000km away from the home she shared with her in-laws in a village in northern India. But despite the vast distance, he watched her constantly through cameras which beamed into a screen in his Brisbane home. He would say: I can always see what you do', she recalls through an interpreter. While her husband was visiting his family home in India in 2017, the cameras were installed in the house
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
7 months ago

How a credit lifeline for India's farmers has turned into a debt trap

The Kisan Credit Card scheme is misused by farmers for dowry instead of agricultural purposes, leading to financial hardship.
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