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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by sk0g on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:20AM (#23698002)
Didn't realise! I'll edit my comment to remove that part. I was going to mention sati, but decided against it.
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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by youeseh on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:48AM (#23698169)
Well, I'm glad you didn't mention Sati, because it would have really dated your knowledge of Indian society.
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Re:California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on I... by sk0g on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @01:54AM (#23698195)
It was going to be in relation to the British rule helping abolish it, but it's not completely gone still, is it? During travels through small towns in the western part of India, I heard about a local case around 2010, but allegedly the widow did it voluntarily, and without outside influence.
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