Dowry Law Page #6

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all over the city is ignored.

It was like this

night after night.

The flood of dowry cases

coming to the women's cell

never stops.

Even when they're effective,

the police are working with laws

that everyone ignores.

[people chattering]

[Adam]

There've been some recent

and high-profile cases

of young women

resisting dowry demands,

calling off their marriages

on the wedding day.

But these are the exceptions.

[arguing in Hindi]

What are the men doing?

Why aren't the young men

outraged by this?

And they're not!

And in fact,

precisely because they are not

and they're complicit

in this practice,

which is nothing

but the death warrant

for a young woman.

It's the practice!

It's not just,

at the end of the time,

the killing,

it's the--

And if there's no resistance

from young men of this practice,

that's where really

the problem lies.

[bell tolling in distance]

[Adam]

The Sharmas have little reason

for optimism.

The police appear

to have dropped

the Kajal investigation.

The suicide note

hasn't been examined.

Dr. Singh's gone back at work.

And the Sharmas haven't got

the dowry back.

[bell tolling]

[Adam]

The Sharmas, along with other

middle-class families

had agreed to barter off

their daughter.

A husband bought in exchange

for large sums of money

and then constant pressure

for more.

By agreeing to play

the dowry system,

they and others contribute

to the injustice

in Indian society that

they say they are fighting.

As far as the delivery

of justice is concerned,

we certainly have

a very long way to go,

as far as cases and atrocities

against women are concerned.

There's a very low rate

of conviction in India.

And we want to ensure that

the Sharma case

is not just another statistic,

to prove how unjust

the system is.

[Adam]

Do you feel like giving up?

Not giving up.

I am not going to give up.

I will fight till the end.

Without hoping

for the good result

or bad result like that.

[Adam]

Do you think money's--

[woman 2]

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The most important thing

is money.

[Adam]

'Cause I know your wife has said

right from the beginning,

all she wants is justice.

Will you ever get justice?

No, I have got very little hope.

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