My perception that the "Indian Women" are the non-smoking element of the society changed after i read this article. I am not talking about the women in Indian Metros who take up smoking by choice, I am talking about women in rural India, who smoke not by choice but by necessity. This article, says "indoor pollution (caused by the chula, the primitive stove still used in villages across India for cooking) is responsible for over 550,000 deaths in India every year, mostly of women." This is an alarmingly high number and I am not sure if the government is doing anything about it.
"There is a misconception that our cities are death-traps while the villages are idyllic havens," correctly says Dr Roy.
5 years ago
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