Dowry

Pramod Sadashiv Chandake, a social reformer from Belgaum, is battling ignorance and social stigma to raise awareness about some of society’s darkest issues, like prostitution, child marriage, domestic violence, dowry harassment, and sexually transmitted diseases.

Withdrawal of old 500 and 1000-rupee notes is making it hard for traffickers, drug dealers and those involved in prostitution to conduct their illegal business.

Passed by the Indian Parliament in 1983, Section 498A is a criminal law that safeguards the interest of married women, as it deals with domestic violence and cruelty towards a woman by her husband and/or his family members.

From the Right to Residence, to the Right to a Committed Relationship, here are six rights wives in India are entitled to.

Meet Abdul Khader, whose thoughts and ideas, and auto rickshaw, will leave you amazed!

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.

"When you hit rock bottom, the only way to go is up" – Tabassum Bano, the first female e-auto rickshaw driver of Allahabad, exemplifies this phrase.

A Khap Panchayat in Jind district of Haryana has decided to come forward and take a united stand in the fight against the evil practices of female foeticide and dowry in the region. This is how.

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.

This Varanasi man is eliminating dowry, casteism, child labour, child marriage and much more in an interesting way. Know more about his mission and his efforts to reduce the excessive expenditure on weddings in India.