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Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

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A female investigator in Karnataka's anti-dowry unit in Bangalore estimated that only a quarter of the unit's cases were related to dowry harassment.

Ranjana Kumari, director of the Delhi-based Centre for Social Research, said government figures showed that at least 91,202 women had been killed between 2001 and 2012 in incidents relating to dowry demands.

They say 'To hell with it if he can't respect me.'" Ms Fernandes said her organisation, Vimochana, collected statistics from Bangalore that showed up to 100 married women were being murdered in the city every month, though not all were necessarily related to dowry payments.

Regarded as one the most dangerous places in the world for women, even as rape culture pervades the globe, India is also home to a strong tradition of democratic struggles for women's rights resulting in both progressive legislation and gradual social change in relation to dowry, criminal law, inheritance, health and workplace rights.

The leading cause of the suicide among females is dowry dispute, since females are 56 times more likely to commit suicide than males due to dowry dispute.

Males between age group 18 30 commit suicide due to 'Unemployment', 'Love Affairs' and 'Failure in examination', while Females between the same age group are observed to commit suicide due to 'Dowry Dispute' and 'Cancellation/Non-settlement of Marriage'.

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Ammu Ipe who had become desperate to marry after she got rejected during marriage proposals due to her dowry, moves to Kolkata to her aunt where she marries a man who worked in a tea estate.

It shows the bride's family being under pressure to pay dowry to the groom's relatives.

Most are not properly educated about reproductive health and contraception, and are often vulnerable to dowry-related violence, kidnappings and rape.

Young women here are often expected to start work at a young age to earn enough income to sustain their families and to contribute to their dowry.

Paradoxically, in a country where women had to bring dowries to get married and where stories of wife abuse in villages were not uncommon, Pereira-Smith says, women nonetheless could pursue their own careers.

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