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This paper attempts to study the image created by the term ‘India’s Daughter’ that is much discussed in recent years and to explore the sexual crime rate with reference to few select countries across the world. The most painful incident is made into a film that has left our country amidst serious and undeserved allegations, calling India a rape capital. Sadly, it is a fact that violence against women is everywhere across the globe and that India is not alone in facing the problem and there is an equal concern everywhere. But the film has sparked much criticism against India. In that backdrop, there are some unfair justifications claiming that sexual violence is worse in India than in other countries. The study examines sexual assaults in other most developed countries like USA, UK, Sweden etc. and attempts to compare the statistics provided by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report and the survey by Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. However, rape, which is absolutely a heinous crime is never supported or reasoned by this study.

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Kutch situated in an arid zone in western India has forever struggled to obtain fresh water and manage this extremely scarce resource. In the history of this region, politics too played a crucial role in determining water availability. One of the significant political eventsof Kutch that influenced considerably its water history was the Battle of Jurra or Jarra in mid-18^th century.  This paper traces the battle by collating material from rare, out of print, old, documents and delineates the manner it played havoc with an already water starved zone by altering the course of the eastern branch of Indus.The paper thus not only attempts to bring clarity to an event in Indian history that has been relegated to the background but also facilitates further research.

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