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Indian online matchmaker shaadi.com launched a game called “Angry Brides” where players vent their virtual pre-marital frustration by attacking potential grooms greedy for dowry with variety of weapons, including flip-flops and kitchen wares.

In the game, players throw a variety of weapons at the three grooms – an engineer, a doctor and a pilot – who try to dodge the attacks.
Each time a player hits a groom, he or she wins money towards a virtual anti-dowry fund. Players need to collect enough funds to advance to the next level.

The game is short but players can keep themselves occupied with the game and try to book a place in the global ranking chart. Apart from that, the game doesn’t offer much challenges, but due to it’s attachment with social cause; it has attracted more than 275,000 likes so far.

Dowry in India has been illegal since 1961. However, this centuries-old tradition of the bride’s parents gifting cash and other items to the groom’s family still persists. Dowry demands often continue after the wedding ceremony, in some extreme cases, to the extent of some brides being tortured or murdered if their families are unable to meet the demands.

According to India’s National Crime Records Bureau, 8,391 women died in dowry-related deaths in 2010, and 44 per cent of all crimes against women in the country were carried out by their husbands and relatives.

“Shaadi.com has always believed that marriage is an institution of love, where there is a place for togetherness, mutual understanding, family values and emotional support but not for dowry!” it said in a statement.

Indian matrimonial site shaadi.com launched the game, named after the hugely popular game “Angry Birds,” to highlight the illegal practice of dowry still prevalent in India.

(Play Angry Brides)

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