Married to controversy

Marital rape is a burning issue which has been pushed between the sheets in India . MUSBA HASHMI brings you a report on how there is need to talk about it and the society ’ s need to broaden their horizon and see it as a punishable offence

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recent comment from Dipak Misra , former Chief Justice of India , during a Press conference shows how regressive Indians are when it comes to women . Misra said that marital rape should not be criminalised in India and it is an idea borrowed from other nations . “ I don ’ t think that marital rape should be regarded as an offence in India , because it will create absolute anarchy in families and our country is sustaining itself because of the family platform which upholds family values ,” he said .

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