Indian woman locked in a room for 15 years by family
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New Delhi - Police in India's eastern state of West Bengal have rescued a 40-year-old-woman who was imprisoned by her husband and in-laws in a cramped room for 15 years because she did not get enough dowry, a newspaper reported Sunday. Police found Madhabi Das inside a room at her in-laws' residence in Baruipur district near the state capital Kolkata on Saturday, and said the woman had lost her sanity because of the long detention, the Times of India reported. Investigators said the woman had spent her youth inside a small and dark room as her in-laws and husband started demanding a huge dowry soon after her marriage. Police have meanwhile detained three members of her family including her mother-in-law and husband and sent Das to a mental asylum for treatment. Dowry is exchanged in a majority of Indian weddings though its practice became illegal in 1961. According to a UN report, 70 per cent of married women in India face domestic violence and many of such cases are dowry-related. Women are abused, beaten and even killed for not getting enough dowry. The government's National Crime Records Bureau reports that more than 18 women are killed for dowry in India every day.
Copyright DPA
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Dowery death
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Mohamed ,
Thu, 03 May 2007 04:44:33 GMT
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Dowry in big sin. Why the Indian hindus not understand. In Muslim community the groom pay some money to bride it is called (Meher) that reason dowery deaths few in Islamic community in India.
If follow Quran and Hadis no one take dowery.
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dowry
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youdlovetoknow ,
Wed, 02 May 2007 04:31:50 GMT
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Now - what I want to know - is why havn't I heard about the huge moral outrage? Oh thats right - torturing women is OK in India - but kissing one on the cheek is not. HMM - fun country!
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dowry nonsense
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porgy ,
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:48:06 GMT
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QUOTE:
I love the Indians for their cultural heritage and the depth of their history, but every time I read something like this I cannot help but feel that they are one step below savages.
Why does the family of the bride allow this unconscionable abuse? Aren't there more men now in some regions than there are women? Shouldn't the men start paying good money for the privilege of even having a wife?
Guys, it's going to be hard to come to terms with but when you act ilke this you turn into animals. Seriously.
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stop making broad generalisations. your first sentence was obviously to be Politically Correct, but the rest of your rant was nothing short of making sweeping general statements classifying all indians as savages or less than. dowry is a stupid practice of course if people are killing people in its name. but it does not make indians bad as a race. their culture is quite amazing with a lot of ancient rich culture still alive today. many americans kill or get killed for lesser reasons than dowry every day.
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Dowry
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Dowry ,
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:27:30 GMT
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Canadian born indian here. I and many indians like myself dislike this whole dowry business. It was started by the old generation and should be done with. There is no reason for it to exist.
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Dowry
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Frances ,
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:57:31 GMT
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I love the Indians for their cultural heritage and the depth of their history, but every time I read something like this I cannot help but feel that they are one step below savages.
Why does the family of the bride allow this unconscionable abuse? Aren't there more men now in some regions than there are women? Shouldn't the men start paying good money for the privilege of even having a wife?
Guys, it's going to be hard to come to terms with but when you act ilke this you turn into animals. Seriously.
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