Ga onbeperkt met Magzter GOLD
Krijg onbeperkte toegang tot meer dan 9000 tijdschriften, kranten en Premium-verhalen voor slechts
Poging GOUD - Vrij
Calling out patriarchy in rural Rajasthan
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|January 25, 2026
Last month, a panchayat in Jalore, Rajasthan, announced a ban on camera phones for daughters-in-law and young women in 15 villages, effective January 26.
It decreed that these women would be allowed to use feature phones instead of smartphones. The panchayat disguised this piece of patriarchal bias asa move taken to protect eyesight and also to keep women from becoming distracted and not carrying out their regular household chores.
The village elders were in for a shock when women pushed back against what they saw as a move to control them. The elders were forced to revoke the ban and then tried to cover up saying that this had been a suggestion, not a diktat.
Dit verhaal komt uit de January 25, 2026-editie van Hindustan Times Ranchi.
Abonneer u op Magzter GOLD voor toegang tot duizenden zorgvuldig samengestelde premiumverhalen en meer dan 9000 tijdschriften en kranten.
Bent u al abonnee? Aanmelden
MEER VERHALEN VAN Hindustan Times Ranchi
Hindustan Times Ranchi
A shrinking of art in our literature, films & music
My wife and I spent two nights at Ganga Kutir, the new Taj Hotel built in collaboration with the Neotia Group, two hours beyond Kolkata, where the river appears to be as wide as the ocean it is about to merge in.
3 mins
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Taking the scenic route inwards
A recent road trip with an uncle yielded unexpected lessons: for the road, for life
2 mins
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
RJD may pick Tejashwi as working chief today
It seems highly likely that Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly and son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad, Tejashwi Yadav, might be elevated as the working president during the national executive meeting of the party in Patna on January 25 (today).
1 min
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
You don't just win the Ashes, you urn them
AN ICONIC RIVALRY
3 mins
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Trump aide says US may cut India tariffs as Russian oil purchase dips
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Friday (local time) hinted that the additional 25% tariffs on India might be removed after its purchases of Russian oil significantly dropped, calling the trade measure a “huge success”.
2 mins
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Bangladesh out of T20 World Cup, Scotland fills in as substitute team
The ICC has officially informed Bangladesh Cricket Board about replacing it with Scotland in the upcoming T20 World Cup since it refused to travel to India citing security reasons due to ouster of Mustafizur Rahaman from the IPL.
1 min
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Making a down payment for the future of our cities
An agenda for Budget 2026 to improve the quality of life in urban India
4 mins
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Passing the taste test in the nation’s Capital
Are you the sort of person that likes eating out?
3 mins
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Calling out patriarchy in rural Rajasthan
Last month, a panchayat in Jalore, Rajasthan, announced a ban on camera phones for daughters-in-law and young women in 15 villages, effective January 26.
2 mins
January 25, 2026
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Burning bright
See India's tigers as you've never seen them before, in 800 images by over 100 people. A photobook, worked on by the legendary conservationist Valmik Thapar even in his final days, and now released by his co-author Kairav Engineer, celebrates the national park Thapar helped shape at Ranthambore. 'It is structured like a series of safaris, surprises at every turn,' Engineer says
3 mins
January 25, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size