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The bride then contacted the police, and the groom and family were arrested.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How does the document connect Hindu beliefs to opposition to dowry abuse?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It argues that dowry abuse conflicts with traditional Hindu principles, emphasizing dharma (duty) and karma (moral actions and consequences). 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 \nTill Death Do Us Part  \n(continued from the cover)  \ncately decorated with henna designs.  \nBefore taking his place under the canopy,the groom,24-year-old Munish Dalal,report-edly rushed over to the bride's father.Dalalhad one more thing he wanted to say to hisfuture father-in-law.It was something alongthe lines of:“$25,000—or the wedding is off!”  \nDev Dutt Sharma had already paid the  \ngroom's family a hefty dowry—a sports car,a  \nflat-screened TV,two refrigerators,two air  \nconditioners,two ovens,and more—but this  \nwas outright blackmail!(A dowry is money or  \ngifts given to the groom's family by the bride's  \nparents,in exchange for marrying their  \ndaughter.)Dev Dutt Sharma said no,and  \nDalal allegedly shoved him.  \nAfter afriend called to tell Nisha Sharma  \nwhat was going on,the bride-to-be made a  \ncall of her own—to the police!\"I don't want  \nto marry that man,\"she told them.The police  \narrived at the reception hall,but the groom  \nand his whole family had fled.The next day  \nDalal,his aunt,and his mother were arrested  \nfor dowry abuse.Demanding or granting  \nlarge dowries has been illegalin India since  \n1961,but the practice is so pervasive that  \n■Many of Hinduism'spractices and beliefshave grown andchanged over thecenturies,but the religion'score laws and beliefs haveremained constant.One  \n■In the Hindu  \nreligion,the  \ndominant faith in  \nndiamarriage is  \na sacred covenant.  \nDevout Hindus stress that  \ndowry abuse has no place in  \ntraditional Hindu beliefs or practices.  \n■Hinduism is the oldest major religion  \nstillin practice today.Unlike many  \nother religions,Hinduism has no single  \nfounder.Experts trace its origins back  \nto a series of sacred writings called the  \nVedas.Veda means \"knowledge\"in  \nSanskrit,the ancient language of India.  \nThe earliest of the Vedas were written  \nabout 1500 B.C.  \n■Hinduism has three main gods,or  \ndivine forces:Brahma,the creator of  \nthe universe (illustration above),  \nVishnu the preserver,and Shiva the  \ndestroyer.In addition,there are hosts  \nof lesser gods and goddesses.There  \nare also a number of schools of Hindu  \nphilosophy,some of which argue there  \nis only one God,as in Christianity,  \nIslam,and Judaism.  \nin a recent survey,75 percent of Indianwomen said they didn't think marriage waspossible without dowry.  \nFor saying \"I don't!\"to dowries,Nisha washailed a hero in India.She made headlines  \nacross the country and received thousands ofletters of admiration,plus several marriageproposals (without dowry demands).A bookpublisher even wants to create a comic stripcalled Nisha-shagi,or\"Nisha Power\"!\"This was a very brave thing for a girldressed in her wedding finery to do,\"saidVandana Sharma,president of theWomen's Protection League,anIndian women's-rights group thathas long fought to stop dowries.  \nof those laws is dharma,the obligationto follow one's duty in life.Anotherkey belief is karma,the idea that aperson's actions in life affect the qualityof his or her existence and evenphysical form.In Hindu belief,soulstravel from one bodily existence toanother.If a person's karma is bad(the person has committed crimesand treated people badly,for instance),he or she might be reborn in the nextexistence as an animal.  \n■In traditional Hindu life,women areconsidered spiritually equal to men.That was especially true in ancientIndia.According to Louis Jaccoliot,a19th-century French expert on India,\"India of the Vedas.places thewoman on a level with the man andgives her an equal place in the familyand in society.”胆  \nNisha Sharma,21,  \nsits in front of  \nthousands of dollars'  \nworth of electronics  \nand appliances that  \nwere to be her dowry.  \nNot shown is the  \nsports car the groom  \ninsisted upon.When  \nhe demanded more  \nloot just minutes  \nbefore the wedding,  \nNisha said,“No way!”  \nNuptial Nightmarm  \nYet most dowry dramas don't play out asNisha's story did.If she hadn't called thepo","cbCaieFVUGqVyeyS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieFVUGqVyeyS","pdf",3104302,13,"English","# Main News\n## Dowry system and its impact on women\n## Background: Hindu beliefs and values\n## Reader engagement and issue objectives","[{\"question\":\"What sparked the dowry abuse case described in the document?\",\"answer\":\"A groom demanded $25,000 more or the wedding would be off, after already receiving significant dowry items. 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