India: Why women who live alone are never left alone
DW | 17.11.2025 22:34
Monitoring, gossiping and moral policing are just some of the ways Indian society uses to control women who choose to live by themselves.For 40-year old Sutapa Sikdar, getting her own place on the outskirts of India's capital city New Delhi meant navigating a barrage of questions from landowners and brokers about her marital history.
