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BEYOND CHILD MARRIAGE, PATRIARCHY & PURDAH
The Morning Standard
|September 21, 2025
In a conservative landscape, this man challenged convention by educating his daughters, Rajesh Asnani narrates
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FOR ages, Rajasthan has been dominated by feudal structures and mindsets wherein patriarchy, purdah and child marriage shaped society.
But in this conservative landscape, one father scripted a story of change. Som Dutt Nehra, a junior engineer in the state's Water Works Department, defied convention and gave his three children—two of them daughters—the wings to become IAS and IPS officers.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition September 21, 2025 de The Morning Standard.
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