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ASIA | Fines of up to 10,000 rupees
An Indian village bans the use of mobile phones for women
Reuters / EP | Patna
Updated Friday 7/12/2012 12:36 hours


A village council in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones to women, saying its use was "degrading the social environment" by causing breaks women of their marriages . The ban has sparked angry protests from activists.

In addition to the ban, the village council Sunderbari, located in a Muslim-dominated area of about 385 kilometers east of Patna, capital of Bihar, also imposed a fine of 10,000 rupees (141 euros) to all women they see on the street with a mobile phone. In the case of a married woman, the fine will be 2,000 rupees (28.21 euros).

"We're always very embarrassed when someone says they have escaped," said Manuwar Alam , who heads a newly formed committee charged with enforcing the ban , referring to inquiries from neighboring villages.

He said the number of trips and extramarital affairs had increased in recent months, with at least six girls and women who had fled their homes.

"Even married women were leaving their husbands to elope with lovers. That was embarrassing for us," said Alam. "Therefore, we decided to deal firmly. Mobile phones are degrading the social environment . "

Local authorities have launched investigations, saying that such bans can not afford a healthy society , while rights activists described this as an assault on freedom, and that could hurt women, stripping them of a source of protection against problems , such as men who do not want.

"Girls and women are capable enough to protect themselves," said activist Suman Lal , during a debate on local television. " The technology is intended to be used, not to be banned ... The order is nauseating. "

The Islamic activist Mohammad said it was "disappointing" that the village council has ignored the many advantages of mobile phones before a ban on them for a reason .

"I want all the girls have a mobile phone so they can call family members if they have a problem , "he said.

The war on women continues.

Who are they cheating with,the village cows?

lol rather they cheating with men, it's only fair to ban all together if they want ban it.

hyperactive wrote:lol rather they cheating with men, it's only fair to ban all together if they want ban it.

So it's also Indian women, I only thought he hated Somali women.

The laws are made by men who dont know justice if it hit them across the face. Markaas ayey religion isticmaalaan.

Walaahi India is the one place in the world where women are still treated like 15th century England. At least in the 15th century England there was an acknowledgement that women were the fairer sex, they were valued as ornaments and trophy's.(not to mention, Queen Elizabeth I ruled in that era, so there was some semblance of respect lol) In India, a woman is basically trash. Disposable. Worthless. A man has to be paid to marry her--which is just like old England days. But Indians have gone as far as truly treating the women like they are dolls. Modern day slaves, Beating them, torturing them, abandoning them if they don't produce a male heir. I had an Indian friend, who is a Muslim, her dad abandoned the mother after she gave birth to 3 daughters. This poor girl was the baby one--she is kinda a tom boy and lesbo but she doesn't know it yet. She is desperately looking for a husband as she is hitting almost 30. She is not attractive, actually she is but if only she lost 28 pounds.
The Indian man is just like the Somali Man--tall, skinny and full of himself. Too much kibir and self love. They are misogynists who walk the world only seeing fellow men and not a woman, unless she is hot, and he is horny. Lots of cases of Indian men contracting AIDS in Indian, and purposely injecting HIV syringe to his wife as a ploy to belittle and control her. LOL Talk about insecurities and patheticness. They live in the dark era of primitiveness. In Afghanistan, the same is evident. A white reporter woman dressed in a burkha, walking with an American military man was stoned live on TV while she was reporting. The random raghead, assumed she was an afghani woman and his instinctively reacted as if she was his sister. Just like when I insitictively react when I see a Somali male with a fat white chic or worst, an African American dhi.lo. Or a Somali dhi.lo with an African American man.

I guess--- in away ---we ALL are savages---in some primal instinctive way.

hyperactive wrote:lol rather they cheating with men, it's only fair to ban all together if they want ban it.

Hindidu sidoodaba waa dad duli ah, maxaa laga sugaa dadkaas marka.

Gabdho armaad khalad u fahanteen hyperactiv oo uu ka wadaa gabigiisaba hala mamnuuco isticmaalkisa rag iyo dumarba.

Areesa wrote:

hyperactive wrote:lol rather they cheating with men, it's only fair to ban all together if they ant ban it.

So it's also Indian women, I only thought he hated Somali women.

stop looking thru hater goggles and realize that he is saying they might as well ban all cell phones for men and women instead of just targetting women, he'd rather have some women cheating then all women being discriminated against.

Tuushi wrote:The war on women continues.

Who are they cheating with,the village cows?

"Even married women were leaving their husbands to elope with lovers
i blame da indian mvoies 2much love movies not da cell phones crazy indians no wonder ders 1.3 billion of these ppl 2much love makin not enuff condoms bein produced

smart village, they need to put GPS trackers on them too.

Perfect_Order wrote:

Areesa wrote:

hyperactive wrote:lol rather they cheating with men, it's only fair to ban all together if they ant ban it.

So it's also Indian women, I only thought he hated Somali women.

stop looking thru hater goggles and realize that he is saying they might as well ban all cell phones for men and women instead of just targetting women, he'd rather have some women cheating then all women being discriminated against.

thank you inader, khair Allah ko seeyo. some times im not clear. maybe lack of laguage.

what i meant was, if they want ban, illen naaguhu dont cheat with each other, they cheat with men, so as well ban from both men and women, if they want ban it.

Allaho nayada no wada hagaaji kolegeen.