Bride buying in India is the practice of forced arranged marriages through human trafficking. Brides are commonly referred to as "paro" (from the far side)...

Bride buying or bride purchasing is the cultural practice of providing some form of payment in exchange for a bride. The payment may be made to the bride's...

Smita Patil and Supriya Pathak. The film set in Hyderabad, India, highlights the issue of bride buying in India, through the tragedy of a young girl being...

Upadhyay. The series is set in the Rewari district of Haryana, and focuses on molkki pratha, or the custom of bride-buying in India. The story revolves around...

cast performances. In 2001 in the fictional Nirmal Pradesh, Deepak, a farmer, is travelling back to his village with his new bride, Phool Kumari. They...

A mail-order bride is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. In the twentieth century, the trend primarily involved...

the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price...

imbalance and economics resulting in fraternal polyandry and bride buying in some parts of India. It depicts a future in an Indian village populated exclusively...

Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts and rapes the woman he wishes to marry...

region of India, local adaptations, family resources and preferences of the bride and the groom. Nevertheless, there are a few key rituals common in Hindu...

Mr. Pellikoduku (transl. Mr. Bride Groom) is a 2013 Telugu-language film directed by Devi Prasad, starring Sunil and Isha Chawla. This movie was produced...

European involvement in slave trading in India: In fact, eighteenth century Europeans, including some Britons, were involved in buying, selling and exporting...

discernment Bride buying Intra-household bargaining Kaur, Banjot (2022-09-06). "Foeticide: More 'Missing' Girls Among Hindus Than Muslims in Last Two Decades...

Poverty in India remains a major challenge despite overall reductions in the last several decades as its economy grows. According to an International Monetary...

Take the Bride"), also known by the initialism DDLJ, is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film written and directed by Aditya Chopra in his directorial...

village in Rajasthan, whose life is dominated by his uncle Bhairo. In order to improve their living conditions, Bhairo coaxes Bhanwar to buy a bride. However...

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the bride, the marriage was ranked lower. In this ranking lay the seeds of the curse of dowry that has become a major social problem in modern India, among...

Beer in India has been prepared from rice or millet for thousands of years. In the 18th century, the British introduced European beer to India. Beer is...

The history of agriculture in India dates back to the Neolithic period. India ranks second worldwide in farm outputs. As per the Indian economic survey...

Literacy in India is a key for social-economic progress. The 2011 census, indicated a 2001–2011 literacy growth of 97.2%, which is slower than the growth...

Marigold (also known as Marigold: An Adventure in India) is a 2007 romantic musical comedy directed by Willard Carroll. The film is about an American actress...

women in the Indian subcontinent, Southeastern Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Africa. It is common to see a bride wearing glass bangles at weddings in India...

Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (transl. Humpty Sharma's bride) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer Shashank...

marriage, bride's father blames black magic". edexlive.com. 14 January 2019. "Harassed by family, Odisha gay couple threatens to commit suicide". India Today...

expects, the bride price (not to be confused with a dowry, paid by the woman's family). Bride kidnapping is distinguished from raptio in that the former...

Social security in India includes a variety of statutory insurances and social grant schemes bundled into a formerly complex and fragmented system run...

of life in the South Asian subcontinent countries of India and Bangladesh, most notoriously under British rule. Famines in India resulted in millions...

India operates a complex pension system. There are however three major pillars to the Indian pension system: the solidarity social assistance called the...

Avantika". The Times of India. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2013. "Meet Imran Khan's bride". Rediff. Archived...