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    Being a woman in India

    •January 16, 2014
    • Chandravati, 30, poses with trousers belonging to her missing three-year-old daughter Muskaan inside her house in New Delhi April 28, 2013. Muskaan went missing while playing in the neighbourhood on October 30, 2010, according to her family. Between January 1 and May 8, 2013, 725 children in Delhi were reported missing and are untraced, according to data from India's Zonal Integrated Police Network website. (REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal)
    • A HIV/AIDS patient stands in her hut in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri July 23, 2005. At least 7,200 people have died of AIDS in India, the world's second worst affected nation, since an official count began two decades ago, a top health official said. The United Nations estimates around 5.1 million people are HIV-infected in India, second only to South Africa. (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri)
    • Bejeweled brides attend a mass marriage ceremony at Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi December 17, 2011. A total of 101 couples from across India exchanged wedding vows on Saturday during the mass wedding ceremony arranged by a voluntary organisation, organisers said. (REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma)
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    Being A Woman in India

    Chandravati, 30, poses with trousers belonging to her missing three-year-old daughter Muskaan inside her house in New Delhi April 28, 2013. Muskaan went missing while playing in the neighbourhood on October 30, 2010, according to her family. Between January 1 and May 8, 2013, 725 children in Delhi were reported missing and are untraced, according to data from India's Zonal Integrated Police Network website. (REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal)

    A selection of the best archive images from Reuters showing what it’s like to be a woman in India.

    The

    role and treatment of women in society has recently become a hot

    political issue in the country after several rape cases in the past two

    years has led to widespread protests in the region against violence

    against women. (Reuters)