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India's Hindu Temples Where Virginity is For Sale JOANNA SUGDEN

The ritual consists of religiously sanctioned rape of minor girls.

Judge Overrules Virginia Marriage Law, Declaring it Unfair to Sikhs NEWS REPORT

Four Sikh-Americans challenged a Virginia law.

Continuing Distress Over Police Handling of Johns Creek Slayings PAT FOX & ANDRIA SIMMONS

The County Medical Examiner was never notified.

US Lawyer Urges 'Democratic' India to Uphold Human Rights NEWS REPORT

"One of India’s “darkest, most undemocratic moments ..."

Abstracts:
(Re-)Building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values Conference UCSC SIKH & PUNJAB STUDIES

Punjab is beset by political, societal and environmental challenges.

(Re-)Building Punjab: Political Economy, Society and Values:
Santa Cruz, California Conference - March 29-30, 2013 SCOTT RAPPAPORT

Prominent scholars from Punjab, England, and the US will come together.

If Girls Look Sexy, Boys Will Rape!
The Perverted Mindset of the Indian Male GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN

"Nothing will be changed ... Only if the world ends will anything change."

Eat, Pray, Rape:
Incredible India SANDIP ROY

Sexual harassment and sexual assault are not a unique experience to Western women in India.

Our Ecological Roots:
Sikh Environment Day BANDANA KAUR

Guru Har Rai established a nature sanctuary, Naulakha Bagh, in Kiratpur Sahib.

Swiss Tourist Gang-Raped in India HUFFINGTON POST

Rapes of women, both local and visitors, continue unabated across the country.