About the Book: The Dowry Bride
She is 21, married, childless . . . and
she is about to be burned.
As the dowry culture in India, in spite of the Dowry Law, remains an
uglyreality, will Megha Ramnath contribute to changing it, or will she
silentlysuccumb to its dark existence? As Megha wakes up in the dead of night to
the squeaking of thewoodshed door, she steps out to see the cause behind it.
What shewitnesses is something so dangerous, so sinister that she is soonracing
through the deserted streets of Palgaum, with only one thingon her mind: to put
as much distance as she can