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Bride Burning in India
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Mohd Umar
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: APH Publishing

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With special reference to Uttar Pradesh, India.
The Burning Bride
Language: en
Pages: 437
Authors: Manoj Kerai
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-08 - Publisher: M. Kerai Publishing

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In India, one woman is murdered every hour by her husband's family for a dowry. The Burning Bride follows the story of Uma, a newlywed woman. She starts her new
Dowry Murder
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Veena Talwar Oldenburg
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Oldenburg argues that dowry murder is not about dowry per se nor is it rooted in an Indian culture or caste system that encourages violence against women. Rathe
Death by Fire
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Mala Sen
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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Before a crowd of several thousand people, mostly men, a young woman dressed in her bridal finery was burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre. The apparent r
Brides are Not for Burning
Language: en
Pages: 126
Authors: Ranjana Kumari
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher:

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Study conducted in Delhi during 1986.