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World Service,14 Jul 2003,22 mins

The dowry revolution

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A report on the use of dowries in India, where the bride's family pays that of the husband. The programme reports on how one woman wasn't able to attend her own wedding; this was after a fight broke out because of the dowry the other family demanded from her father. Her story, which involved the arrest of the husband, became national news and forced a debate about the use of dowries.

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