[nukkad] Dowry

["Aditi Shah" <>]

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Dowry!! Growing up in Mumbai, with my family, I thought Dowry was a problem 
of the past and a social evil often seen in movies. A few years ago, I 
learned better. My mom's cousin died with severe burns in a kitchen 
accident. I was old enough to smell something fishy. After pestering my 
mother long enough, I learned that it probably wasnt an accident since her 
in-laws wanted more dowry. She had third degree burns over most of her body, 
and lived through the night, with the pain. What gets to me the most, is 
that her two children are still living with their father, and are definitely 
old enough to comprehend what happened in the house that day. Her husband 
and in-laws were never prosecuted and got away with it. How do people get 
away with such a heinous crime? Why are they never prosecuted? They cant be 
that smart to leave behind no clues to build a case with

Aditi

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