Saturday, November 22, 2008

Widows sold as bonded labourers

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Tumkur/ Bangalore: If Bangalore has entered e-age, barely 100 km from the city stone-age practices still persist.

Unbelievable though it may sound, widows are treated like cattle, are 'bought and sold' in a custom treated as sacred by the 'Handi Koracha' community. Worse, local authorities well aware of the issue are not lifting a finger to help the victims of this de-humanising tradition. Read more.....................Widows sold as bonded labourers 100 kms from Bangalore

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