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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
The life of a Christian wife who is compelled to live against her will, though in name only, as the wife of a man who hates her, has cruelly treated her and deserts her, putting an end to the matrimonial relation irreversibly, will be a sub-human life –, without dignity and personal liberty. It will be a humiliating and oppressive existence, without the freedom to remarry and enjoy life in the normal course. It will be a life without the freedom to uphold the dignity of the individual in all respects as ensured by the Constitution of India in the Preamble and Article 21. The impugned provisions … are highly harsh and oppressive and as such arbitrary and violative of Article 14 …
High Court of Kerala (India)We had tongues but could not speak.
We had feet but could not walk.
Now that we have the land
We have the strength to speak and walk!
Peasant women in Bodhgaya, Bihar(East India), on first receiving rightsto land in their own names in 1982We discuss how we can increase our income and how we can develop ourselves … If anybody's mind is depressed, after participating in the meeting, her mind will be refreshed. After coming to the meeting everybody states their plans. Somebody says that she thought about this and someone else says that she thought about that. Their plans are discussed and reviewed during the meeting.
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