This article is authored by Urvashi Prasad, public health professional, former director, NITI Aayog and senior fellow, Pahle India Foundation, New Delhi.

The high-profile dowry-harassment case involving 33-year old Twisha Sharma in Bhopal has developed into a story of alleged institutional bias, procedural lapses and evidence…

The current discussion about dowry fails to examine the outsize role of marriage in social life.

A tragic dowry harassment case sparks national debate on women's rights and societal pressures in India following Twisha Sharma's death.

This article is authored by Urvashi Prasad, public health professional, former director, NITI Aayog and senior fellow, Pahle India Foundation, New Delhi.

Twisha Sharma's husband, Samarth Singh, and mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. They are accused of dowry harassment in the case of the…