These are all age old generalizations about India, Indian women, Indian culture, Indian everything...And these generalizations are there because it is easy to think about this crap..no much pain to brain.
On the other hand Amnesty International says that Western women get beaten by their partners too.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPOL100072007&lang=e

This report is about USA particularly and the interesting fact is
"Domestic Violence
1 in 3 women is subjected to intimate partner abuse during her lifetime".

50% of murdered women are killed by current or former partners

This is just to show that it happens the same everywhere when it comes to a woman.....
Surely it's changing and it must change. And the women themselves are the major power behind this change even in India.

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