Quotas ilusórias para as mulheres na Índia

Le projet de loi sur les quotas de femmes [voté par la Chambre haute le 9 mars, la Women’s Reservation Bill réserve un tiers des sièges de députés aux femmes, au niveau fédéral et régional] est le premier texte en faveur des femmes à se heurter à une forte opposition des députés. Son adoption risque en effet d’affecter le destin de tous les hommes politiques indiens. Si la Chambre basse [Lok Sabha] décide de voter à bulletins secrets [et non à main levée, comme ce fut le cas à la Chambre haute], Mme Gandhi, présidente du Parti du Congrès, et les dirigeants du BJP (parti nationaliste indien), qui ont donné comme con­signe l’approbation du texte, découvriront à quel point les députés de leur propre parti lui sont hostiles. [...]

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Actrizes brancas britânicas objecto de campanha para abandonar Bollywood na Índia

Stars including Alice Patten, the daughter of Lord Patten of Barnes, and Hazel Crowney, a former model from Kent, have been accused of stealing jobs from local girls.

Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai nationalist street gang and political party which inspires terror throughout the city, has called on foreign white actresses to go home [...].

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Decisão de formar um banco islâmico perigosa para India

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday criticised the LDF government’s decision to accord sanction for formation of an Islamic banking company by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), reports The Hindu.

According to the leading South Indian English daily, Subramanian Swami while speaking to reporters said that the proposed banking company had to follow Islamic law. The decision was “scandalous and dangerous” for the country.

He said it was regrettable that the CPI (M)-led government was promoting a particular religion. [...]

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