Re: Sati in Bihar, India
I do not know exactly how much time it will take, but things are changing rapidly. I do not have the figures with me, but other customs like 'dowry' are also becoming less common, we do not get to hear the news of newly married girls getting burnt now a days, 10-20 years ago you would have seen one dowry incident every day in the news papers, love marriages are becoming more common these days. In a country as diverse as India, with so many problems associated with different religions, states, cultures and country as a whole, it will take a long time to eradicate those problems. Practically speaking, it's impossible to get a country 100% free of these problems, but if we can get them down to a certain level, I'll think India has become what it was supposed to be.