Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death and Female Infanticide in Modern India by Meira Chand, Mala Sen

Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death and Female Infanticide in Modern India

Meira Chand, Mala Sen

304 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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The Indian village of Deorala in Rajasthan is neither remote nor feudal. There is running water and electricity, and the villagers have had television for over 20 years. On 4 September 1987, before a crowd of several thousand people, mostly men, 1...

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