A caste panchayat in Rajasthan’s Jalore district banned women’s access to smartphones, revoking the ban when faced with outrage. While the village heads said it was the women who demanded it because the children overused them, some women say it’s about control, finds Alisha Dutta
Women in Rajasthan’s Jalore, almost disconnected
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