Women - Born to Toil

Street scenes from Ahmedabad, India

Shyam Saksena

30 years ago, when I first went to Ahmedabad, I was shocked to see young girls and women pulling carts, while menfolk were riding atop. Small mercies - now wooden wheels are replaced by inflated tyres. Men riding atop are also rare.

Published by Shyam Saksena

Electrical and electronics engineer. Retired as Director of German MNC, Siemens. Thanks to assignments from my company, I could savor 25 countries and get to know their people and culture.  View profile

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  • Philip Theibert5/2/2010

    Wow !

  • Shaheen Darr3/27/2009

    Those slides brought tears to my eyes, it was international women's day on March 8th, makes you wonder when things will start changing for them. Great job at making people aware

  • RM Gal7/19/2008

    Oh, people, again. Great slide show, Suman! You show yet another unique aspect to social mores and behavior.

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