The New York Times author Pamposh Raina published an article on their blog last week about how divorce is a raw deal for Indian women. The article talks about how local records show a rise in divorce in India and how the system in India is biased against women. Those women that choose to divorce can be left in financial destitute. There is a movement to give women in India the right to marital property. If this legislation passes, “women will become equal owners of property.”
Read the entire blog article here: http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/for-indian-women-divorce-a-raw-deal/