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BBC News By Soutik Biswas image captionOver 90% of couples live with the husband s family after marriage in India Dowry payments in India s villages have been largely stable over the past few decades, a World Bank study has found. Researchers looked at 40,000 marriages that took place in rural India between 1960 and 2008. They found that dowry was paid in 95% of the marriages even though it s been illegal in India since 1961. The practice, often described as a social evil, continues to thrive and leaves women vulnerable to domestic violence and even death. Paying and accepting dowry is a centuries-old tradition in South Asia where the bride s parents gift cash, clothes and jewellery to the groom s family. ....
انڈیا میں ایک دہائی میں بہت کچھ بدلا مگر ایک چیز ہے جس میں تبدیلی کا کوئی اشارہ نہیں bbc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bbc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posagi trzymają się mocno w Indiach. Są nielegalne od 1961 rp.pl - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rp.pl Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Parkway High School Band already had plenty to toot its horn about. Now, it has six reasons more. Parkway alumnus Jeffrey Weaver, Sr. (pictured in white) reached out with a jaw-dropping offer. He wanted to donate his late father’s half-dozen trumpets to the Pride of Pantherland Band. Making the donation especially significant was the elder Weaver was a career musician in the military, serving 25 years in both the U.S. Navy Band and U.S. Air Force Band. He acquired and played the custom-made instruments during his stint in the service, one dating back to 1956. Weaver could have easily sold them for a lot of money, but chose to put them in the hands of youth to foster their love of music. He presented the trumpets to the Pride of Pantherland Band at a school ceremony, where student musicians put on a patriotic performance as a tribute to his late father’s service. ....