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Kanjarbhat

One community’s battle over virginity tests in western India

2018-04-12
By: Matters India
On: April 12, 2018
In: Features

By Vidhi Doshi PUNE: In the run-down neighborhood of Bhatnagar in this sleepy Indian city, a small rebellion is underway. The new generation of the close-knit Kanjarbhat community is staging protests at weddings to end the centuries-old practice of virginity tests. The tests typically happen like this: The bride andContinue Reading

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