Original sentence: Bride-burning is a form of domestic abuse practiced in parts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh that is often disguised as a kitchen accident or suicide.Facts on Domestic Violence in America.Giving dowry upon marraige has been part of most ancient cultures, but it has continued and gone out of control in India, despite being prohibited by law as of 1961.The practice is a recent phenomenon (the first bride burnings occurred in the 1970's), and can be attributed to the rise in consumerism & greed, in combination with the practice of giving dowry
Edited sentence: Bride-burning is a form of domestic abuse practiced in parts of India that is often disguised as an accident or suicide.In parts of India, husbands regard their wives as property that apparently can be disposed of at will.It should be noted that this practice is mostly limited to rural India, and that only a small portion of the Indian population do not consider the practice abhorrent.The practice is unlikely to end soon, however, as long as current Hindu attitudes about the place of women in a marriage prevail.Those attitudes -- and the practice of bride-burning -- cast an ironic pall over a tradition of the Hindu marriage ceremony in which the bride and groom walk together around a flame