dowry
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Twisha's death has made national headlines and has once against brought the issue of dowry deaths into the spotlight.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
If she can collect the dowry from Charlie, she and Stanley can sail to Australia to escape the police and live happily ever after Down Under.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
"So many of my friends have had to leave school, or never been to school because someone paid a dowry to marry them, so their fathers had married them off," she says.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025
News of Subhash's tragic death has also galvanised men's rights activists and started a wider debate around India's tough dowry law.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024
What it certainly does is add to the blessings of our dowry.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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