I shot this calf on the road in 2011 on the eve of Diwali at Neyveli, which is my hometown. Due to crackers going off everywhere, the cows couldnt rest near homes so they sought the middle of the road for rest. The fog, noise, and the backlighting of the streetlight made me take this picture.
Called the people’s car in Tata's promotional material, it is projected to be the least expensive production car in the world. The standard version of the Nano is projected to cost Rs 100,000 (not including levies or delivery charges) (US$2500, GBP 1277, €1700). It may happen that Nano may not remain the cheapest car for long, if a competitor green-car called Tara Tiny EV is launched in India with a price tag of Rs. 99,999, 1 rupee less than the price of Nano.
New Delhi - Police in India's eastern state of West Bengal have rescued a 40-year-old-woman who was imprisoned by her husband and in-laws in a cramped room for 15 years because she did not get enough dowry, a newspaper reported Sunday. Police found Madhabi Das inside a room at her in-laws' residence in Baruipur district near the state capital Kolkata on Saturday, and said the woman had lost her sanity because of the long detention, the Times of India reported.
Investigators said the woman had spent her youth inside a small and dark room as her in-laws and husband started demanding a huge dowry soon after her marriage.
Police have meanwhile detained three members of her family including her mother-in-law and husband and sent Das to a mental asylum for treatment.
Dowry is exchanged in a majority of Indian weddings though its practice became illegal in 1961. According to a UN report, 70 per cent of married women in India face domestic violence and many of such cases are dowry-related.
Women are abused, beaten and even killed for not getting enough dowry. The government's National Crime Records Bureau reports that more than 18 women are killed for dowry in India every day.
