by Chander Mehra | Mar 2, 2004 | Perspectives
The high incidence of dowry-related violence despite the Indian Penal Code’s anti-dowry provisions—stringent enough, as Delhi High Court said, to the extent of being misused—reveals that the root of the problem is not the law. The National Commission for Women and its...
by Chander Mehra | Feb 16, 2004 | Perspectives
The high incidence of dowry-related vio-lence despite the Indian Penal Code’s anti-dowry provisions—stringent enough, as Delhi High Court said, to the extent of being misused—reveals that the root of the problem is not the law. The National Commission for Women and...
by Chander Mehra | Mar 25, 2001 | Features, General
“What kind of country is India?” The question was flung at me by a third-generation Indian in Kenya at the millennium’s first Republic Day (January 26) reception hosted by High Commissioner Rajiv Bhatia at India House, Nairobi. I was startled, not by the...
