YOU ARE REALLY A PESUDO INDIAN... FIRST UNDERSTAND THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN HINDU SCRIPTURES AND THEN COMMENT ON OTHERS BURNING OF WOMEN:
This is often related to dowry, when the brides family cannot pay up to the amount demanded by the in-laws. Often the in-laws make demands in excess of those made at the time of marriage. When the deadline specified runs out, the bride is burned in often gruesome fashions. At least 5000 women die each year for not bringing in enough dowry. At least a dozen women die each day in `kitchen fires,%u2019 which are often passed off as accidents, because their in-laws are not satisfied with their dowries. Only a few of the murderers are brought to justice. [Kitchen 1997]
A Hindu-Aryan husband could at any time accuse his wife of infidelity. In case the wife protests her innocence, the council of village elders would then order an ordeal by fire. The accused wife would be required to pass through a blazing flame. Not just death, but any signs of burns would be taken as a sign of guilt and the wife would then have to undergo the penalty for infidelity [EB 8:986 `ordeal%u2019]. Adultery carries the death sentence in Aryan law, so either way she would have to pay with her life for her husband%u2019s or elders%u2019 mere suspicions.
The ideal role model for this custom was Sita, Ram%u2019s wife. She was required by her spouse, the "ideal husband"of the Hindus, to pass through the fire ordeal after her return from Sri Lanka.
