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Zoho's Sridhar Vembu Advises Youngsters To "Marry, Have Kids In Their 20s", Sparks Debate
Sridhar Vembu’s comment came in response to a post by entrepreneur Upasana Konidela, vice-chairperson of Apollo Hospitals CSR and wife of actor Ram Charan.
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Vegetable Gardens Preventing Bengal Girls From Early Marriage, Trafficking
For a teenager, Sarjana Biswas has rather modest ambitions: finish school, go to college and become a government healthcare worker in her village. But for young girls like Biswas in Bengal, even these would have been impossible dreams just a few years ago in a district plagued by a high rate of school dropouts, early marriage and human trafficking....
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UP Polls 2017: Her Parents Want Her Married. Fighting Election Is Her Last Chance
She has been pitched against Uttar Pradesh's political heavyweights who have money, muscle and party cadre on their side. But 25-year-old Vandana Sharma knew this the day she quietly stepped out of her house with Rs 10,000 on a chilly January morning to file her nomination papers as an independent candidate from the Fatehpur Sikri assembly constitu...
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Education Pushes Back Age Of Marriage For Rural Women
The median age at marriage for women has increased–from 19.4 years in 2001 to 21.2 years in 2011, according to Census data–but continues to be low compared to neighbouring China (25.6 years) and the global average (24.7 years), according to United Nations data. The mean age at effective marriage for females–defined as the age at consummation ...
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No Wedding Tents For Child Marriages, Rajasthan Tentwallahs Vow
In Rajasthan, a state famed for its palaces and forts, weddings peak during the Akshaya Tritiya festival in April and May, which is considered an auspicious period.
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Zoho's Sridhar Vembu Advises Youngsters To "Marry, Have Kids In Their 20s", Sparks Debate
Sridhar Vembu’s comment came in response to a post by entrepreneur Upasana Konidela, vice-chairperson of Apollo Hospitals CSR and wife of actor Ram Charan.
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Vegetable Gardens Preventing Bengal Girls From Early Marriage, Trafficking
For a teenager, Sarjana Biswas has rather modest ambitions: finish school, go to college and become a government healthcare worker in her village. But for young girls like Biswas in Bengal, even these would have been impossible dreams just a few years ago in a district plagued by a high rate of school dropouts, early marriage and human trafficking....
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UP Polls 2017: Her Parents Want Her Married. Fighting Election Is Her Last Chance
She has been pitched against Uttar Pradesh's political heavyweights who have money, muscle and party cadre on their side. But 25-year-old Vandana Sharma knew this the day she quietly stepped out of her house with Rs 10,000 on a chilly January morning to file her nomination papers as an independent candidate from the Fatehpur Sikri assembly constitu...
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Education Pushes Back Age Of Marriage For Rural Women
The median age at marriage for women has increased–from 19.4 years in 2001 to 21.2 years in 2011, according to Census data–but continues to be low compared to neighbouring China (25.6 years) and the global average (24.7 years), according to United Nations data. The mean age at effective marriage for females–defined as the age at consummation ...
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No Wedding Tents For Child Marriages, Rajasthan Tentwallahs Vow
In Rajasthan, a state famed for its palaces and forts, weddings peak during the Akshaya Tritiya festival in April and May, which is considered an auspicious period.
