Dr.Ranu Sinha, author of the book ‘Breaking Barriers’ has a blog. The vision of the book, she says, ‘reflects the courage and willingness of women to cross the boundaries of the external and internal obstacles. The inspiration is women cops in USA and India but this book deals with women issues more broadly as well.’ In her latest post, she focusses on the problems women in live-in relationships in India face:

It is hard for the women in India to prove rape or sexual assault cases, if they have live-in relationships. Indian legal system gives lawful wives status to women having live-in relationships for a certain period of time and their kids the right to legally inherit their fathers’ properties. But claiming the rights are not as simple as it sounds. Many legal proofs are required in which a woman’s self respect is completely shattered. It can break a woman completely. I don’t think Indian society is bold enough to accept cohabitant couples.