(6 Apr 2002) SHOTLIST
Faridabad and Delhi, India (recent):
Faridabad: wedding of Chaman Lal Kanojia's daughter; daughter's dowry loaded onto truck; newspaper stories on dowry crimes; Delhi: a counsellor from Centre for Social Research with dowry victim; dowry victim Hindi sot; shops selling consumer goods; consumer goods; Jyotsna Chatterji in office of the Joint Women's Programme; Chatterji sot; education class with women acting out burning of bride over dowry disagreement; book on dowry bride burning by Ranjana Kumari, director of the Centre for Social Research; Kumari in office; Kumari sot; Faridabad: wedding; wedding gift of money; Delhi: Tihar jail; women jail inmates, many convicted of or awaiting trial for dowry violence; Pushpa Kapur who has spent three years awaiting trial; Kapur Hindi sot; various of Multiple Action Research Group workshop on dowry violence; Manisha Das, group project officer, sot; young couples looking in jewellery shop window; unidentified woman vox pop; unidentified man vox pop; second unidentified woman vox pop; Faridabad: wedding (APTN)
STORYLINE
Wedding dowries were banned in India in 1961, but like the illegal caste system, it's a practice that continues. Another even more terrible practice is the murder of new brides by in-laws because of dowry problems. Figures are imprecise, but it was believed that dowry deaths had diminished - until recently. With the increasing availability of consumer goods more Indian families, whether rich or poor, appear to be demanding dowries. As a result, the number of dowry deaths is also increasing.
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