Friend of desperate housewives For Indian and other South-Asian women who are victims of domestic abuse in foreign countries and dont know whom to approach for help, Sakhi is indeed a friend in need,
discovers Ziana Qaiser
Beauty and the beast Young girls, especially from the North-east, are being lured by friendly women by the offer of a job in a beauty parlour in
metros. What they are actually
offered is anything but beautiful, says Linda Chhakchhuak
Helping hand at home Many young women with
impoverished backgrounds are finding work as domestic helps in nuclear families where women are pursuing
careers, says Bindu Gopal Rao
ELSEWHERE... Health and beauty. They seem inextricable. Those smiling, slender women on the cover of magazines. They're thin. Their eyes are bright. They look as if they're bursting with energy.
Members of Sakhi take out a procession to spread awareness about domestic abuse in New York.
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