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AP Published April 11, 2014
A female Indian farmer works to separate peas from chaff at Bhaitora village, 65 kilometers east of Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. – Photo by AP
A female Indian farmer works to separate peas from chaff at Bhaitora village, 65 kilometers east of Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. – Photo by AP
A landless Indian woman listens to a non-governmental organization worker in Sarai village on the outskirts of Varanasi, India. – Photo by AP
A landless Indian woman listens to a non-governmental organization worker in Sarai village on the outskirts of Varanasi, India. – Photo by AP
A female Indian farmer separates peas from chaff at Bhaitora village, 65 kilometers east of Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. – Photo by AP
A female Indian farmer separates peas from chaff at Bhaitora village, 65 kilometers east of Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. – Photo by AP
Chairperson of India’s ruling United Progressive Alliance and Congress party President Sonia Gandhi (center) is welcomed with flowers as she arrives to file her nomination papers for the general elections, in Rae Bareli, India. – Photo by AP
Chairperson of India’s ruling United Progressive Alliance and Congress party President Sonia Gandhi (center) is welcomed with flowers as she arrives to file her nomination papers for the general elections, in Rae Bareli, India. – Photo by AP
A female Indian worker carrying her one year old child smiles in front of the camera while working at a brick kiln at Karchana, 40 kilometers east of Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. – Photo by AP
A female Indian worker carrying her one year old child smiles in front of the camera while working at a brick kiln at Karchana, 40 kilometers east of Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. – Photo by AP
Indian women travel in the ladies compartment of a local train in Mumbai. – Photo by AP
Indian women travel in the ladies compartment of a local train in Mumbai. – Photo by AP
Landless Indian women sit at their village square, in Sarai village on the outskirts of Varanasi, India. – Photo by AP
Landless Indian women sit at their village square, in Sarai village on the outskirts of Varanasi, India. – Photo by AP

Women form more than 49 per cent of India's 814 million voters, but many of them, especially in rural India, feel their concerns are not taken seriously by political parties, and that they take a back seat to men in everything from health care to education to legal protection.

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Indian
Apr 11, 2014 10:47pm
This is what we call cherry picking
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Haroon Rooha
Apr 12, 2014 07:16am
These are the honest, hardworking, seasonally hardend ,hands and minds ,of the sisters and mothers of the subcontinent.They are graduates of the univ. of Hard Knocks.They will vote to creat a society where there will be no hate for any body ,including the invaders ,slave owners or rapists of their mother land.World is watching.
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