Steps on to prevent child marriages


	Steps on to prevent child marriages

Deepti

4-19-2007 5:42 AM

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marriage, child, hindu, india, rajasthan, tribes, children

Deepti says:

Now this is something that the Indian people need to do something about instead of making a big deal out of Richard Gere-Shilpa Shetty

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