In a strong diktat to parents, Gujarat’s Thakor community has told parents that their unmarried girls should not have mobile phones and should be discouraged from inter-caste marriages. As per the diktat, “Unmarried woman should not be given mobile phones. “We have decided to prevent girls from using mobile phones so that they focus on studies. As far as using mobile phone is concerned, I would say this should be gender-neutral. Keeping young boys and girls from using mobile phone will help them focus on their studies,” he said.

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2019 05:48 UTC