Dowry has evolved from tradition into normalised coercion and society still struggles to confront the violence hiding behind ...

Despite strong laws and rising awareness, dowry deaths in India persist as a brutal mix of greed, patriarchy, and social ...

Dowries have a history that dates back to medieval India when they served as a way to financially support daughters after their marriage. The British administration back then institutionalised the ...

Luo elder revealed what happened to widowers and widows when dowry had not been settled before death. He shared modernisation ...

I first encountered Veena's work as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. She had written an essay called "Lifestyle as Resistance" on the courtesans of Lucknow. In that piece, she argued ...

In Sagar, Kamlesh Patel set an example against dowry by returning ₹1.21 lakh offered during his son’s wedding ritual, accepting only ₹11 and a coconut. Emphasizing that marriage isn’t a business, he ...