Tag: family
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Review: ‘My Name is Mary Sutter’ by Robin Oliveira
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata This riveting saga takes place in New York, during the American Civil War in 1861. Enter Mary Sutter, much respected, remarkable and adept midwife who’s sole intent is to become a surgeon and to prove equal to any man. But sadly, medical schools refuse to teach women and repeatedly turn…
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Honour Killing: Honourable or a licence to kill?
By Sagarika Chandel, KIIT School Of Law, Bhubaneswar. November 15th 2014, a final year student from a reputed college of Delhi University strangulated to death by her parents for marrying a youth of a different caste. November 29th 2014, an eight months pregnant teenager strangulated to death by her brothers and thrown into a canal in…