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CHENNAI, INDIA, June 8, 2003: Leaders of the women’s movement in Tamil Nadu have decided to make the two recent anti-dowry incidents–Vidya in Chennai and Nisha Sharma in Delhi calling off their marriages because of new demands–prototypes for young brides harassed by greedy grooms and their families. The follow-up action by the police and the media attention that these two women have attracted have helped in sending the message across to grooms and their families that the consequences of demanding dowry are sure to be severe, says a representative of the All India Democratic Women’s Association. The courage of the two brides in reporting dowry harassment on the eve of the wedding has been most inspiring, add police officials, who believe that the cases will enable them to take the anti-dowry message to every nook and cranny of the State. “More women will now take courage to come to a police station,” says a senior police official.

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