... to escape. The gap between policy and practice is a well-educated issue within Modern India (Post 1975), with social hierarchies based on gender and class forever existing. To pin point examples of gender inequalities is regrettably easy, as problems run across the board, including Education, political representation and alarming violence. According to a recent National Crime Record Bureau, crimes against women have ... 2011 census, at the time, overall literacy for ages 7 and older had women at '65.46 per cent, compared to 82.14 per cent for men'.33 This in general terms is an improvem...

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