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Fighting the Dowry System | Fixing India

This week Fixing India is dismantling the nonsensical economics of dowry system.

Athrunisa, a young girl from Uttar Pradesh was beaten and abused within a week of her marriage, because she couldn't give dowry to her in-laws. They sent her back home.

All she wanted was a respected and happy life. In this episode of Fixing India, our community correspondent Brahmajeet is trying to solve this massive issue of dowry in our country.

To watch Brahmajeet's full video video, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tipl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-GJN...

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Video produced by Purnima Damade.

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