1. Well, hell.
Sarah B , |
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(04.20.13) |
How many Indian women fall victim to the "burned bride" syndrome every year? I'm told the number is in the tens of thousands.
And that's just from the families into which they have the severe misfortune to marry.
At least they've moved away from the practice of suttee -- requiring "mourning" wives to throw themselves upon their husbands' funeral pyre.
What is it with Indians and fire, anyway? I'm sure the cows disapprove.
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