On a 2004 Oprah! show, the talk show hostess interviewedjournalist Lisa Ling about her travels through India andher reports on dowry deaths in India. The Chicago audi-ence looked stunned to discover that thousands of girlsin India are still betrothed through arranged marriagesand that in some extreme cases, disputes over the dowry,which is the price to be paid by the bride’s family to thegroom’s father, have led to the death of the bride. Thebride may be brutally punished, often burned, or killedfor her father’s failure to fulfi ll a marriage agreement.