An estimated 15,000 women and girls are murdered each year in India in family disputes over dowry-the payment of cash or goods made by the bride's family to the grooms family
UN Women Indicators On Violence Against Women 2008
There are more slaves in the world today than were extracted from Africa during 400 years of the transatlantic slave trade. And there are more slaves in India today than in any other country in the world
"The Locust Effect", Gary Haugen

