On Saturday when the husband of Guddi was away from home owing to some personal errands, Guddi’s in-laws and brother in-laws tied her legs and hands with rope and sprinkled kerosene over her body, and laid her on a pyre for the purpose of burning her alive. On hearing her scream, villagers ran to save her and informed her parents about the developments. The villagers took her to nearby hospital but she died on her way to hospital owing to severe burns.
 
It is an irony, that women are being burnt and harassed for dowry, property and a host of other irrational agendas, in the twenty-first century. Time and again, we read and watch various reports of women's exploitation, but such incidents only seem to be increasing with every passign day. Where is the National Commission for Women; do they only work for high profile cases, such as the Shiny Ahuja rape case. How long will women face exploitation in our country which has given birth to many women of repute.