On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM, . <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:33 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: >> MUMBAI -- The sunny apartment had everything Palvisha Aslam, 22, a >> Bollywood producer, wanted: a spacious bedroom and a kitchen that > Another aspect is the fear of "single" woman with the most popular > thought being a single women is "dangerous". This fear (or should i > say discrimination) is pretty stronger than people like to admit and > one landlord almost backed off from showing the space to a woman who I > was helping out. He agreed to show the space only after I vouched for > her "character", never mind that had never met her. I kid you not.
I think this sort of discrimination happens with both single men and women. I agree, though, that a single woman probably has it tougher. The last time I tried looking for an apartment in Bangalore there were several people who refused to rent to me with a curt "No bachelors, we have a teenage daughter" Thaths -- "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel." -- Homer J. Simpson
