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Boston Calling: India’s Gender Troubles

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12/01/2013

India’s Gender Troubles

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, India’s Gender Troubles

Indian-Americans on the treatment of women, welcoming Chinese tourists, and “war dogs”

Indian-Americans discuss how women are treated by society; the US lays out the welcome mat for Chinese tourists; and military dogs in war zones as “weapons of mass detection”

How the recent gang rape and murder of a young woman in India is resonating with Indian-Americans in the US.  

Also, American businesses try to attract more Chinese tourists with a bigger welcome mat, and we hear about the special bond between military dogs and their handlers in war zones.

Image: A protest about women's rights in India in London

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