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NZZ, 1 April 2003

(Side) A report in the
Swiss Neue Zürcher
Zeitung called
”Emancipation for Indian
Women” described how
discriminatory policies
against women still con-
tinue in India.
(Center) A report headed
“Bride Burning Still Goes
on in India,” published by
CNN, described various
cases of suttee and inter-
views with individuals
CNN, 12 September 1995 who had been saved from
committing suttee at the
last minute. Young, the
author, stated that some
5000 cases of suttee take
place every year, but that
most are written off as do-
mestic accidents.

The Independent, 17 February 2001

The British daily The
Independent carried a report
headed "Hindu seek new status
for suttee shrines,” which stated
that some 300 shrines had been
built to commemorate widows
who committed suttee. There
was recently a debate on
whether these shrines
should be given national
monument status.