Villages are imposing mobile phone bans on young women in order to control their new independence and mobility. It started with KhapPanchayats in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan instructing and sometimes imposing different kinds of bans on young unmarried girls and women. The items and activities banned by this moral policing have ranged from girls wearing jeans to consuming noodles. One of the most common activities banned has been the use of mobile phones. Recently, it was reported that villages in Gujarat’s Mehsana and Banaskantha districts have imposed similar restrictions on unmarried schoolgirls using mobile phones.

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