In the Indian state of Rajasthan, Roop Kanwar’s Sati case trial has reached its final stage. Kanwar 32 years ago sat on her husband’s funeral pyre and was burnt to death at Deorala village in Sikar ...

It was a case that made headlines globally and led to widespread condemnation. A teenaged widow was burned on her husband's funeral pyre under the Hindu practice of sati 37 years ago. Now Roop ...

A red stole draped around a trident standing on a brick platform is not much of a temple. But for a group of women in bright saris, this is a pilgrimage they had to make, a trip that has brought them ...

Jaipur, July 12: Hearings have resumed in the Roop Kanwar case after a decade, with the Supreme Court lifting a stay on the trial of the accused under the prevention of sati act. The Rajasthan BJP ...

On March 3, 2004, women's groups including the Rajasthan University Women's Association, Sathin Karmachari Sangh and the National Federation of Indian Women, under the banner of Mahila Atyachar ...

JAIPUR: Sixteen years after Roop Kanwar allegedly immolated herself on the pyre of her husband in Rajasthan's Deorala village, a special court here on Saturday acquitted all the 11 accused. JAIPUR: ...

Twenty years after Roop Kanwar sacrificed herself on her husband’s funeral pyre, Deorala is changing with the times. And yet, somehow, it can’t seem to let go of its past, reports Soma Wadhwa. If only ...

Sen tries to reconstruct the lives of these women: Roop Kanwar's through discussions with her own family and that of her in-laws, Selvy's through long interviews with her, and Kurrupayee through ...