India's wedding industry, worth $130 billion, masks serious issues like dowry and financial strain, perpetuating gender inequality and societal harm.

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

Her family is shattered. A life of promise, cut tragically short. As the investigation unfolded, accounts from relatives ...

Cases in Noida, Jodhpur show how dowry demands fuel violence and continue to take place under “social pressure” ...

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 ...

Niki Bhati's murder in Greater Noida is mundane and routine. It is not an outlier. Our "society” and “culture” have violence ...

Nikki was allegedly set ablaze by husband and in-laws over dowry demand. Her six-year old child recounted the incident.

In a big twist in the probe into Nikki Bhati death case Noida police have claimed that the woman had told doctors that she ...

Shilpa Panchangamath, a 27-year-old former techie from Bengaluru, was found dead at her home following alleged dowry harassment by her husband, Praveen. The couple, who married in 2022, had a two-year ...

The probe into the death of 28-year-old Nikki Bhati, who was allegedly set on fire by her in-laws, continues to reveal new ...

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

The taking and giving of dowries is banned. Yet an average of 20 women die every day of dowry-related violence.