Today, I read a report in either the Hindustan Times or the Times of India -- I don't remember which -- of a bridegroom who was beaten up by villagers when he demanded even more dowry in what must have been not more than a few hours after the marriage ceremony.
He was given the keys to an Alto but wanted a Scorpio and one and a half million rupees in cash. The villagers beat him and his father up, kept some of his guests as hostages and took the matter to the village panchayat.
The panchayat amazingly enough got the man to divorce his new bride saying that he didn't deserve her and got him to pay her family eight hundred thousand rupees, the amount they had spent since the time of the engagement.
The story was such a refreshing change from the ones one usually hears. I just hope that it's true.
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