Daughters are told to “adjust.” Sons, conditioned into entitlement, wear the groom’s attire with the demeanour of beggars.

Citing prolonged incarceration and the right to a speedy trial, the Allahabad High Court granted bail to the accused ...

What began as a marriage in 2016 ended in flames on August 21, 2025 — when Nikki Bhati was allegedly beaten, doused in fuel, ...

This article was written by Elina Qalam for Hasht-e Subh Daily and published on June 28, 2025. An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. In the current ...

Nikki Bhati's tragic story underscores the alarming prevalence of dowry deaths in India, with NCRB data revealing nearly 20 ...

Recently, a 26-year-old woman in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, was burnt alive over dowry—her five-year-old son stood helplessly as a witness to the crime. In Jodhpur, a schoolteacher, driven to ...

Married for only a year, 20-year-old woman, DC Kumari from Munger, Bihar, was allegedly murdered by her husband, Vibhishan Yadav, and his parents in Khagaria district. The incident comes days after th ...