[Assam] From TOI: pre/Teens

[umesh sharma]

Krishnendu-da,

KC:You are right !   But  the world knows that 
already. And what happens in India is a direct result of lack of
education and poverty which is not the case for West.
 

US: western case is a matter of free will. Child marriage is not free will.


KC: So would not Boyle need something fresh which world does not know ...
something which is happening in his own backyard while he is busy
minting money showcasing  India's poverty.
 

US: The whole world know about teen pregnancy - married or otherwise. My father read out an artcile from Readers Digest out to us when we were in high school - about baby doctors - who were fathering kids from 5 mothers at the same time. Nothing new now.


KC: BTW,  don't you think teen marriage and unmarried teen pregnancy are a bit different issues.  
 

US: I would say teen pregnancy is a less alarming or new issue than pre/teen marriage in India


KC: And if you want to go back to ages of Mahatma Gandhi and like we can
probably open a larger can of worms in Western world -- like appartheid
for example.


US: I just quoted Mahatma Gandhi to show how widespread it is - not just my uncle or grandparents. And we were talking of modern times - India has casteism too - even now.

Umesh

--- On Fri, 2/13/09, umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:



From: umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: [Assam] From TOI

To: assam at assamnet.org, krish_gau at yahoo.com

Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 2:47 PM













I am sure the child marriage participants in India can surely beat this
record. Mahatma Gandhi got married at age 13 with his 13 yearold bride.
One of my paternal uncles had got married when he was 12. Now he is 82.



 http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/18/stories/2009011855981100.htm

40% of world's child marriages in India



 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/13/world/main695062.s html

7 yearolds get married!! sometimes allegedly with blessings of state ministers 





Umesh Sharma


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