Supreme Court declares dowry a "cross-cultural evil," urging educational reforms and equality in marriage to protect women's ...

Last month, Nikki Bhati from Greater Noida succumbed to severe burn injuries in a city hospital. Her sister Kanchan—married into the same family—alleged that Nikki was set ablaze following harassment ...

Recently, we came across a father from a remote village in Khulna whose daughter was about to get married, and asked him whether he had been asked to pay dowry. He vehemently denied so, but then we ...

Popular Shark Tank India judge Anupam Mittal-led Shadi.com sparked a buzz on social media with its recent innovative feature, where the people looking to get married can check how much dowry they are ...

Despite Dowry Prohibition Act, India recorded over 34,000 dowry deaths between 2018–2022, apart from thousands of harassment cases each year. Survivors like Anjum endure years of violence, ...

Calvi, R., & Keskar, A. (2021). 'Til Dowry Do Us Apart: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Families. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3783911 Laws against ...

As an African woman and gender expert, the concept of “dowry,” or bride price, is not new to me. For women attempting to exercise their rights to land, a dowry can prove to be both an obstacle and, in ...

Sixty years ago, India banned the giving and taking of dowries. Yet the practice continues to date, with deaths due to dowry demands showing no signs of abating. An average of 20 women die every day ...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has clarified that the location where a woman takes her own life does not negate the possibility of it being a case of dowry death, provided the act is linked to ...

Atul Subhash's suicide has galvanised men's rights activists and started a wider debate around India's tough dowry law On the night of 9 December, a 34-year-old Indian man killed himself. Next to his ...