Tag: rohini

Crumbling Infrastructure: Defunct sonography machines force women to spend out of their pockets

 
/ August 10, 2015

Sonography machines at Saswad Rural Hospital, Pune have been defunct since January 2013. Pregnant women seeking pre-natal check-ups are turned away, forced to travel faraway distances and spend out of their pockets, whereas according to the Janani Suraksha Yojana, pregnant women below poverty line are entitled to free of cost...

Devadasi: A Life Without Education

 
/ December 28, 2010

The outlawed tradition of ‘devdasi’ which sanctions religious prostitution continues in rural Maharashtra.

Religious Devotion Overpowers Pain

 
/ December 13, 2010

Possessed devotees jump into heaps of thorns during a religious festival in Maharashtra.

Devdasi or Temple Slave

 
/ May 25, 2010

Devdasi is the institutionalized practice of exploiting women by religious organizations and temples.