Indian villages ban single women from owning 'distracting' mobile phones

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pFYFQKPzmUkADS4JTiL2Lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-02-26T103537Z_1_LYNXNPEC1P0MT_RTROPTP_2_INDIA.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/indian-villages-ban-single-women-owning-distracting-mobile-103537235.html)By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Several villages in the western Indian state of Gujarat have banned girls and single women from owning mobile phones, saying the devices distract them from their studies. A couple of villages in Mehsana and Banaskantha districts in Gujarat have imposed the ban in recent weeks, with more villages joining the campaign, said Ranjit Singh Thakor, president of the Mehsana district council. "The girls don't study properly if they have mobile phones, and they can get into all sorts of bad situations," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by telephone.



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