The residents of Piraila village located in Siddhartnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, are taking every possible step to ensure that the evil practice of dowry is completely eliminated from the village. They have pledged to shun dowry in all its forms and have come up with a unanimous decision to do so.
Remya Ramachandran, a resident of Thrissur in Kerala, took a very courageous and bold step when she decided to call off her marriage, and wrote a hard-hitting post about it on Facebook.