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.