Summary:
One woman is running a very unusual court of justice in a small Indian village where she uses folk tales, religious stories and her own common sense to bring justice to people who can?t find it any other way.
Website:
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/documentaries/060920doc
Tones:
Amusing,
Surprising
Language:
English
Description:
Shabnam Ramaswamy runs an informal court of law in a small village in India. For the illiterate and the poor, India?s unwieldly, corrupt and slow justice system is inaccessible, so she has started her own court on the verandah of her home. There she arbitrates on cases ranging from murder and torture of women to dowrty negotiations and land arbitration. Shabnam is totally untrained in the law, but she uses folk stories, the different law structures in the area and her own common sense as guidelines.
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