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Hindu Widows To Get Share Of Husbands' Properties: Bangladesh Court
For the first time, Hindu widows in Bangladesh will have the rights to both agricultural and non-agricultural lands of their dead husbands after a top court ruled in their favour, according to a media report.
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In A First, Divorced, Widowed Hindu Women In Pak's Sindh Can Remarry
For the first time, divorced or widowed Hindu women in Pakistan's Sindh provincce have been allowed to remarry under a landmark amendment made by the provincial assembly, a media report said.
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Donald Trump To Get Rakhis From Women Of A Remote Haryana Village
He may have not heard of Rakhi, but the women and girls of a remote Muslim-dominated village "symbolically" named by an NGO after US President Donald Trump will send him 1001 sacred threads on the Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond.
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In Support To Lone Pandit Widow, Village Captures Essence of Kashmiriyat
The entire village of Malvan in South Kashmir stood by the only Hindu family in town last Saturday to mourn the death of 85-year-old Jankinath, a Kashmiri Pandit, and perform his last rites.
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Opinion: The BJP's Alibis For the Lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq
Mohammad Akhlaq's widow, remembered filling the tiffin boxes of Hindu neighbours with the mutton she cooked every Id. These neighbours, young men she recognised and named to the police afterwards, broke down her door, dragged out her husband and bludgeoned him to death with bricks.
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How a Hindu Widow Saved 10 Muslims in Bihar Riots
As her village seethed with communal tension, Shail Devi, a frail widow in her early 50s, helped saved the lives of 10 Muslims.
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Women priests defy stereotypes at Mangalore temple
Usually, priests you see at a Hindu temple are all men and widows are unable to take part in many ceremonies. But turning all that on its head, this temple has taken the step towards equality and respect for all by training two women, whose husbands have died, to become priests.
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Hindu Widows To Get Share Of Husbands' Properties: Bangladesh Court
For the first time, Hindu widows in Bangladesh will have the rights to both agricultural and non-agricultural lands of their dead husbands after a top court ruled in their favour, according to a media report.
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In A First, Divorced, Widowed Hindu Women In Pak's Sindh Can Remarry
For the first time, divorced or widowed Hindu women in Pakistan's Sindh provincce have been allowed to remarry under a landmark amendment made by the provincial assembly, a media report said.
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Donald Trump To Get Rakhis From Women Of A Remote Haryana Village
He may have not heard of Rakhi, but the women and girls of a remote Muslim-dominated village "symbolically" named by an NGO after US President Donald Trump will send him 1001 sacred threads on the Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond.
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In Support To Lone Pandit Widow, Village Captures Essence of Kashmiriyat
The entire village of Malvan in South Kashmir stood by the only Hindu family in town last Saturday to mourn the death of 85-year-old Jankinath, a Kashmiri Pandit, and perform his last rites.
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Opinion: The BJP's Alibis For the Lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq
Mohammad Akhlaq's widow, remembered filling the tiffin boxes of Hindu neighbours with the mutton she cooked every Id. These neighbours, young men she recognised and named to the police afterwards, broke down her door, dragged out her husband and bludgeoned him to death with bricks.
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How a Hindu Widow Saved 10 Muslims in Bihar Riots
As her village seethed with communal tension, Shail Devi, a frail widow in her early 50s, helped saved the lives of 10 Muslims.
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Women priests defy stereotypes at Mangalore temple
Usually, priests you see at a Hindu temple are all men and widows are unable to take part in many ceremonies. But turning all that on its head, this temple has taken the step towards equality and respect for all by training two women, whose husbands have died, to become priests.
