CHECKING EVIL
COMBATING INDIAN PRACTICE
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
(Received this day at 9 a.m.) CALCUTTA, January 15
•Steps to check an age-old evil in India, namely, the forcible- conversion of young men and women to asceticism, are! Likely to fee- taken shortly. . The -State of Barod'a recommendations include legislation- preventing persons under "sixteen renouncing the world, and, in the cas- e . of married, men and women, assent must be given before a •Magistrate. - At present thousands of young men and women throughout India aye living ,a part from the world, a.s the result of pressure by religious c l, ’ofs who inculcate' saintly ideas with threats of “eternal damnation.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1933, Page 6
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112CHECKING EVIL Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1933, Page 6
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