In a lot of instances, abject poverty pushes people into an ebb of complete isolation and they lose their sense of what is right and wrong. This is typically the case of the single mother in Kuala Pilah who has landed on the wrong side of law by leaving a boy under her care alone at home.
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It is said that to know how far in civilisation a country has travelled, one needs to just look at how its women are treated. This quote came to my mind after reading the grossly misjudged issue about women and saree, yet again, started circulating virulently.
0As the recent Friday went past us, I was visually feasting on the sea of colourful saree-clad girls and women who took centre-stage. From social media posts and forwarded text messages I learnt that thereafter July 1 would be declared National Saree Day.
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