Dowry deaths remain a national shame, with 6,450 women killed in 2022 despite strict laws. From Noida to Bengaluru, India continues to normalise dowry, turning marriage into a death trap for many ...

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Recently, a 26-year-old woman in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, was burnt alive over dowry—her five-year-old son stood ...

Patriarchy continues to normalise domestic violence, disguising dowry deaths as “ordinary fights.” From Jodhpur to Noida, MP ...

The Noida dowry murder of Nikki Bhati highlights how dowry demands, social media displays, and violence persist in India despite legal bans. Read on to learn more.

An average of 20 women die every day from dowry-related violence in the country, according to official statistics.

Violence often begins as a whisper. A demand over the phone, a stern glance across the dining table, a hushed insistence that chips away at life, slowly, until it erupts. In Nikki Bhati’s case, ...

From the day a daughter is born, many Indian families start saving. But those savings are rarely for her education, her ...

What was once whispered as ‘dahej’ (dowry) is now flaunted online for all to see. The law calls dowry a crime. Yet in many ...

A Thakur community's 'mahapanchayat' held in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat has called upon families to abandon the practice of ...

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

Nikki Bhati's father is demanding the demolition of her in-laws' house after she was allegedly murdered for dowry in Greater ...