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Dowry Killings Have Faded From Public Attention In India
Dowry Killings Have Faded From Public Attention In India

(ANALYSIS) A new academic study argues that India has built an “infrastructure of inattention” around dowry killings — referring to legal and cultural processes that once made such deaths the focus of mass public protest but now allow such murders to pass with little public attention.

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Analysis, Culture, India, News, hinduism, Women, womenVishal AroraVishal Arora, analysis, Hinduism, women, Asia, Secondary feature, dowry, dowry killings, IndiaComment
This Kashmir Village Leads India in Waging War On The Dowry Practice
This Kashmir Village Leads India in Waging War On The Dowry Practice

Giving and taking dowry and lavish weddings are totally banned in this tiny hamlet of 6,000 people in central Kashmir. Local officials realized the insidious effect of high-rolling dowries on young people pursuing marriage and families.

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India, Islam, Marriage, Primary Feature, Society, WomenZaffar IqbalZaffar Iqbal, Kashmir, Primary Feature, Sopore, dowry, Mahr, Baba Wayil, Jammu, Secondary Feature, secondary feature, Secondary feature, recharge, Recharge, Secondary NewsComment