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India: What women wear

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 @ 18:13 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: India
Topics:: Gender

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Maami's Weblog comments on the sudden spurt of Indian female actors being criticized for what they wear in Chennai.

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