Sentence examples for that dowry from inspiring English sources

Gwan Thornton, go claim that dowry and bedding rights!

The smaller Indian survey also found that dowry was a factor in the violence, though less important.

Nata Duvvury, who supervised the studies for the center, said researchers had discovered that dowry had been overemphasized as a cause of abuse.

Nonetheless, a recent study reports that dowry is uncommon among educated women in Bangladesh.

In the 153 interviews with married adolescent women, 70 of them disclosed that dowry ranging from Taka 5,000 31,000 (US $7 440) had been paid at the time of marriage.

"Scripting, shooting and writing text for the film gave me such a reassurance that finally I was able to speak my mind and tell the society that dowry was wrong.

Even their children are shunned.Despite the shortage of brides, Urmila says that dowries have risen, not fallen.

Despite anti-dowry legislation, it is argued here that the dowry system continues in the form of the appropriation of wives' income.

"What's the point of an ad that says 'Dowry is bad'?

National Crime Bureau figures indicate that reported dowry deaths have risen, with 8,172 in 2008, up from an estimated 5,800 a decade earlier.

When Uncle Aru insisted that the dowry include the land where the Pomegranate tree stood, Uncle Ratna refused and thewedding was called off.