Dowry in India

Dowry Deaths in India discusses the many problems associated with dowries in the India culture. The article focuses on the particular case of Manju Singh, who was burned to death by her husband and in-laws as a result of a dispute over the dowry she and her family paid to her husband and his family.
Dowry deaths in India number between six and fifteen thousand per year. In order to combat this widespread problem, The Dowry prohibition act of 1961 was amended by the Indian Parliament in the early 80s in order to place blame on the accused in any situation where a bride dies unnaturally in the first seven years of marriage. However this amendment has done little to reduce the number of dowry deaths. It is believed that dowry deaths are no only about material goods involved in arranging marriages, but also oth...