In August 2013, the Sri Lanka Mirror newspaper reported that a 30-year-old woman’s body was retrieved from a well in Sri Lanka the day after she returned from her honeymoon. Chamoika Udayakanthi’s brother claimed that she had been killed as a punishment for her small dowry. The story is strongly reminiscent of the escalating violence in India, where a woman dies every hour in a dowry-related case according to a Guardian newspaper report. My friend, Father Leslie Dareeju, lives in the deceased woman’s hometown of Pilimithilawa in the centre of the island, and works with underrepresented groups to help promote justice. He tells me, “This incident was very sad. But still this dowry issue is there in the society, something which is not openly done but is a hidden custom. It is very rare to see this issue.”
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 02:51:27 +0000
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