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more about #india That_little_attention_whore: fun sari fact: the way she is wearing her sari, with it draped in the front, is how Gujarati women wear saris (except in this case, it's dipping prett... more » badmutha: She is very secsay. And the colors are fantastic, no? Why do we get stuck with all the white? more » funzette: OMG Indian woman are so gorgeous and exotic! If she marries a white guy their mixed babies will be sooooo cute!!!1!!i /preemptive strike more » CurtCole: She must have found something very amoosing. more » t-yo3: In the words of Katy Perry: BULLOCKS! more » pesematology: I would marry anyone who offered me residence in the Abode of the Real Deal. more » rodmanstreet: Wow, on first glance this has BAD IDEA written all over it. I wonder how many times these husbands will remind them, "You should be thanking me! I s... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: "Abode of the Real Deal" I'm pretty sure I bought a Nontendo Woo there to go along with my Cramsung TV. more » DonnaPirana: Well, this is clearly a paternalistic way of addressing these issues, and this obviously won't eliminate prostitution, HIV or the oppression of women.... more » Little Time Bomb: If India is facing the same population imbalance issues as China due to selective abortions this makes huge sense. When you have a much larger populat... more » andBegorrah: Greatest Reality Show Idea Ever. ("Abode of the Real Deal"?!! TOP THAT, MTV.) more » morninggloria: They should have called themselves the "Taking One For The Team-sters." more » sayah: The girl to the right is looking mighty Children of the petals. more » yvanehtnioj: Don't worry, honey. Lindsay Lohan's coming! more » lauralauramc: "the effects of the disaster on the health of generations to come, both through genetics, transferred from gas victims to their children..." sorry to ... more » laura.a.mchugh: "the effects of the disaster on the health of generations to come, both through genetics, transferred from gas victims to their children..." sorry to... more » scullymurphy: I squee like a fangirl every time it hits me that this is the president and first lady. more » Flonk: @AtelierCeleste: are you serious? as an african american woman I would think you would identify with persecution of the jews...you know how it feels t... more » DwayneCabango: I recently watched the documentary on HBO, "Terror in Mumbai", and it just made me enraged all over again. The total lack of feeling these terrorists... more » rodmanstreet: ... and they're to blame! They give loooove a bad name! Or as Jon Bovi would have it: Stabbed through the lung And they're not the ones to thank You... more » -
#weddingbells
Good Idea? Bad Idea?
Men from an Indian sect called Dera Sacha Sauda (or "Abode of the Real Deal") want to stop the exploitation of women and the spread of HIV — by marrying sex workers. Almost 100 women have shown interest. [BBC] -
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#itheedread
"Holiday Brides" Are A Growing Epidemic
Western men, generally of Indian extraction, come to rural India, marry local women, and then leave them behind with a promise to return. The women, who are then disgraced in their communities, are knows as "holiday brides." More » -
#kidstuff
India's Child Brides Say "I Don't"
Inspired in part by Rekha Kalindi, increasing numbers of young Indian girls are refusing to submit to child marriage. As an article in today's Los Angeles Times makes clear, no small feat: More » -
#lovemarriage
A (Chat) Room Of One's Own For India's "Third Sex"
In Tamil, "Thirunangai", means "most respectful woman." Which is still a distant hope for India's "third sex." But the world's first transsexual marriage site is hoping to change that. More »
