Is Nisha Sharma a trend-setter?

[Arti]

true, parents would do anything do get a guy from US for their girls. most girls want that too. it's like an easy ticket for them to enjoy something in life. i've seen parents who want their daughter to study but only after marriage, that too in the states, and they don't want the groom to take dowry. c'mon, why would u want things for ur kids for free.

I can't say most girls want that. This was the first one that came across that was willing to marry any guy as long as he was from the US.

This one wasn't in Hyderabad... she's in Madras.

there are many outside hyderabad. unfortunately it's like a status symbol for them, the bridegroom in usa.

[igiveadamn]

This one wasn't in Hyderabad... she's in Madras.
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there are many outside hyderabad. unfortunately it's like a status symbol for them, the bridegroom in usa.

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er that's what i said??? by the way this craze is more among telugus. is she a telugu by any chance?

[Arti]

This one wasn't in Hyderabad... she's in Madras.
[quote="igiveadamn]
there are many outside hyderabad. unfortunately it's like a status symbol for them, the bridegroom in usa.

er that's what i said??? by the way this craze is more among telugus. is she a telugu by any chance?[/quote]



No very much Tam

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3 times more men compared to women are dying due to domestic harassment. See suicide statistics below.



Since last one year, there is a Helpline (91-80-56969850) in Bangalore for distressed men and their family members. It receives about 20 calls in a week from the men who are distressed due to harassment by the wife or her parents. The callers include many techies working in reputed firms and NRIs(Nonresident Indians/Indians living outside india). As soon as someone calls the helpline, his complaint is heard and he is called for a face-to-face discussion during which a lawyer and a counsellor are present.

The NGO(non-Government Organisation) called Sangyabalya and the helpline were launched by H V Arun Murthy, a freelance writer originally from Bangalore, who was living happily in Delhi until he was summoned by a court as an accused in a dowry case filed by his sister-in-law. Murthy says his brother married a girl from an orphanage. The marriage went bad very fast and has now ended in a dowry harassment complaint that put Murthy, his brother, and some other family members in jail for a short period.

"Who could have paid dowry for that girl? The orphanage authorities?" demands an angry, white-haired, single Murthy.

"The courts are always sympathetic to women," he told rediff.com "Even our laws do not recognise the possibility of wives and daughters-in-laws ill-treating husbands and old in-laws. I know of so many cases where section 498-A [of the Indian Penal Code] has just been used as an instrument of blackmail. But public sympathy is all for the perpetrators of the crime. More than 90 per cent of dowry cases filed are dismissed. But no punitive action is taken against the women who file the cases, even though it is sometimes proved that they lied under oath."

Under the Indian Penal Code of 498a, the police only require one line in writing from a woman, that her husband/his parents/his brothers/sisters are harassing her physically or mentally with demands of dowry. It is as easy as ordering a Pizza. The Police are bound to act by arresting all the accused (including mothers, unmarried sisters) with immediate effect without investigation, send them to Judicial Custody (prison) . This has led to a growing trend of women and her dominant parents harassing the husband and her family and then threatening them of the false complaints in case they resist. So the poor guy and his family tolerate fearing the worst. As this continues, the demands start increasing finally leading to situation when the battered husband and his family could no longer tolerate and they stand up. Then the woman goes for the final kill by filing the case. The imprisoned husband and his family can’t get bail for at least 2 days. If the girl’s family has good connections in corrupt indiansystem then the stay in prison can continue for even a month. Often, huge amounts of money is demanded from the guy and his parents for out of court settlements. Many Techies and NRIs in a state of continuous, iterative victimization and defamation, simply comply.

Sangyabalya can be contacted at 91-80-56969850. Their email address is victimsof498a@rediffmail.com.

Visit http://www.sangaybalya.org/

For more details visit the following link and also view the full message board. http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/dec/24spec.htm

Other articles:

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun16/c3.asp http://www.hallabol.com/portal/article4.html

http://news.indiainfo.com/publicopinion/dowry.html

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/ ... ews408.txt

there is also yagoogroup: misusedowryact

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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6708/sowryhar.html



Suicide rates in India:

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National Suicide rate is: 11 people per 100,000



For males in the age group of 30 to 44, the Suicide rate is a whopping 508 per 100,000 persons; for women it is 220. The Suicide rates among men in the age group of 45 to 59 is a shocking 1,812 per 100,000 persons and among women, nearly 550. So much more people are dying due to SOWRY harassment than the DOWRY harassment.

Among divorced males the suicide rate is 164 per 100,000 persons, but even in this class, among females the rate is only 63 per 100,000. While the suicide rate for separated men is about 167, for females it is only 41 per 100,000 persons.

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[Igiveadamn]

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Interesting facts. If men who harass (eve-tease, dowry etc) women should be lynched/beaten up/jalied, what should be done to women who perpetrate similar crimes?

[Arti]

what should be done to women who perpetrate similar crimes?

Well... same crime... same punishment

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is that u SS....? cummon admit it....