In Reply to: yes, I've heard posted by Acheick on March 25, 2006 at 21:28:04:
Have you seen the Indian film "Water" about how widows are treated in India, still to this day? They don't burn them now, but lock them up in separate compounds even if they're just 7 year old girls who were "married" in name only.
It's a beautiful but sad film, realistic and well worth seeing.