India shies away from sex education


	India shies away from sex education

kwonsu

5-15-2007 5:52 AM

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india, sex, education

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5-15-2007 7:11 AM

Deepti

unfortunately true....one can only hope the younger generation goes about things better....

5-15-2007 11:28 AM

arifsali

The country/newspaper reporting this is no better, in fact, they may be worse in this regard.

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