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Ep 259: The Loneliness of the Indian Woman

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Hidden Taxes and the Upper Crust

The book is about a woman who decides to pursue a career in government, despite the fact that her family just wants her to get married. She's earning more money than many of the other male cousins in her family are - and they hide it as a gift. In lowin communities, families are almost letting women work out of sheer dire need,. So there's this begrudging, we'll let you go do this job, but we're not very comfortable and we'll constantly watch you. But i think there that the taxes play out just very directly, in economic taxes on women, how much they will earn if they don't have a man with them.

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