Indian woman, Remya Ramachandran has received wide-spread praise across social media for this Facebook post announcing that she’s called off her wedding. Calling out the practice of ‘dowries’, Remya explains that the family of the man she wanted to marry would only allow the wedding if her family payed up some big money. Dowries have been illegal for many years, but it’s still a commonly practised tradition and Remya argues that it’s a tradition that devalues women.
