The making of a child goddess: Behind-the-scenes pictures show painstaking preparations and exquisite clothes which turn a little girl into a living deity

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2164075/Living-goddess-Nepal-Pictures-preparations-festival.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:15 EST, 24 June 2012 | UPDATED: 17:55 EST, 24 June 2012 Ornate: Nepal’s living goddess locally known as Kumari, Samita Bajracharya, watches the last day of Rato Machhendranath chariot festival in Patan, outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal A ‘living goddess’ made a rare public appearance on Sunday to take […]

Mass wedding of Indian women in ‘prostitution village’ saves them from entering the sex trade

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114016/Mass-wedding-Indian-women-prostitution-village-saves-entering-sex-trade.html By Ted Thornhill PUBLISHED: 14:43 EST, 12 March 2012 | UPDATED: 19:29 EST, 12 March 2012 A village in western India hosted a mass wedding and engagement ceremony of 21 girls on Sunday aimed at breaking a tradition of prostitution which has for centuries exploited women of a poor, marginalised and once nomadic community […]