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Many moons ago in a land far, far away I was hired as the Coordinator of Interpreter Services at a rural hospital in Alabama. The small town had a 17% Hispanic population, primarily from Guatemala, most of whom worked at the local chicken processing plant.When patients came to the hospital who didn’t speak English it was very difficult to treat them properly and impossible to get their signatures on various required legal and consent forms.It was my job to translate those necessary forms into Spanish and to translate for Spanish-speaking patients visiting the hospital, as well as hiring and coordinating a 24-hour network of on-call interpreters for when I wasn’t there.My first day on the job I was excited and nervous, looking at the daunting pile of forms on my new desk that needed to be translated — and these were just the first batch that had been deemed most important!I was fumbling with my newly purchased English-Spanish dictionary, trying to figure out some obscure legal term I hadn’t learned in college, when my pager went off. (Yes, we had pagers. It was the 90s.)After dialing the extension listed, I was instructed to proceed urgently to the OB/GYN department.A few wrong turns later I arrived to find a 16 year old Guatemalan girl who didn’t speak a word of English; we’ll call her Valeria. She had gone into labor four weeks early and was completely alone.I greeted her and introduced myself, then started translating what the doctor and nurses were saying to her. Mostly “Push” or “Don’t push” or “Would you like some ice chips?”Valeria’s big brown eyes were so terrified when I met her, it was a relief and a confidence boost to see her settle down and relax once there was someone with whom she could communicate.It was a relatively short and easy labor lasting no more than three hours. I had never been anywhere near childbirth before.When the tiny head finally emerged into the world, tears streamed down my cheeks.After the little girl was cleaned up and nestled into her mother’s arms, Valeria looked into my eyes and asked my name.I told her, and she immediately turned to the nurse and told her the baby’s name would be the same as mine.My silent tears turned to big, wracking sobs; I felt like I was the one who had received a gift by witnessing a new life enter the world, and this was just too much.Sometimes I wonder how Valeria and her daughter are doing. The baby would be around 20 years old now.I’m sure she wears my name well.

I refer to a case in 2006 tried in Andhra Pradesh. The FIR was regd in 2006 Sep-Oct, after a few months of a stormy marriage.I was posted to AP and was consulting (without fee of course) on a friendly basis with a friend of mine - and he had a horrifying dowry case.The Groom was a telugu kamma and the bride was also a telugu kamma but from a different sub caste. The Groom worked in the USA and was around 26 years old and the bride was around 22 at the time of marriage. The Brides father was asked to pay Rs. 20 Lacs in cash, a good amount of land, a SUV car for the groom and around 200 grams of jewelery. The Brides father was OK with this - i mean entirely OK - not forced to pay etc - he was happy to do so.Marriage was announced,printed on cards, Father of the bride bragged a lot and all was good. He bought a brand new Innova for groom and was happy to pay the other dowry items.Around 2 weeks before the marriage - the Bridegrooms family had yet another demand - they demanded a kidney of the brides sister who was 0- for the bridegrooms father who was on dialysis. They made it conditional for the marriage. And would you believe it - the spineless father was more worried about the invitation cards and his reputation that he literally forced his younger daughter aged 19 to undergo surgery and give her kidney. The local cops in the village led by a bumbling inspector - refused to accept a complaint by the young girls friends and advised the young girl to give 1 kidney after all.The bridegroom and his family threatened to call of the wedding and spread lies about the bride causing even the bride to start threatening her sister to give up the kidney.At last the younger girl signed a bogus consent form and decided to give her kidney and the marriage took place. After which - the bridgegroom harrassed his wife daily demanding that his wife persuade her sister to give her kidney.Finally the younger girl agreed and was taken to a hospital in Secunderabad where luckily for her a woman doctor who was asked to do some tests noticed the girl weeping and soon got the whole story. She called the cops who arrived by the dozen. These were not village bumpkin cops but Secunderabad Cops who immediately arrested the Bridgegroom, his parents and his sister and threw them into jail.I prepared most of the initial submissions in English and had it transalated to telugu. You would not believe how angry the judge was. She called the bridegroom and his family ‘Animals’ and ordered them to return every dowry gift within 10 days and even refused them bail. Finally the judge convicted the man for 2 years and his family members for 6 months and the HC surprisingly upheld the verdict though the HC reduced the sentence to time already served.One critical issue during trial was that the woman doctor did not turn up even after many summons. I believe that local cops were also paid off, so watered down their testimony. Otherwise they may have got a much longer time.The guy finally served around 9 1/2 months and his family around 4 months. His father is still alive. The marriage is dissolved and the younger girl was saved. However this was a terrible dowry price in my books.I have handled many dowry cases where the bride is almost always at fault and takes advantage of the law but this is one case where a woman was harrassed beyond reason and the fault lay solely with the man.EDIT:-Many questions have been asked - so a few more clarifiactions on this issueBoy was 26 yrs old and was a Kamma. I am unsure about telugu castes or subcaste but the boy was from a better background and was working in the states. The girl was also from a Upper middle class farming family. Girl had secured around 45% in her Bachelors in Commerce so the match was an excellent one.It seems that even before the matchmaking was done - the middleman in question - a dubious person - made inquiries and found that both daughters were O negative in blood group and the father was anxious to marry an NRI groom to his daughter. Subsequently this middleman approached the father with horoscopes of his NRI bridegroom plus photos of his US house, US Car etc etc. In short - the Bridgegroom approached the Brides family and the marriage was discussed.The family even promised to guarantee a US life for the sister.Initially they say they wanted the Brides kidney but were reluctant due to prospects like childbirth etc. These rogues in the pretext of testing for HIV (claiming it is mandatory in USA for visa) for the bride and her sister - took them to some clinic in Hyderabad / Secunderabad and soon found that the brides sisters blood was O negative.Subsequently they treated the girls like their own daughters , lots of love, lots of photos on Orkut (It was a facebook equivalent in 2006) and then they delivered the sword.EDIT:-Grooms parents actually had the audacity to say “Can a daughter not give her kidney to her father?”They also changed the tact by claiming that it was voluntary.The bride was like their daughter and they claimed they would even find a good husband for the sister.The groom lived in US and judge demanded his passport claiming he did not deserve to go to states as he did not have the mental growth.Judges name was Mrs. Ramabhadraraju something. Tough woman.EDIT NO 3:-After many questions - i think it is best to add how the case was prestented.The Case was bought under Sections 498A (Dowry Act), DV Act (Domestic Violence) and for some reason Section 420 (Cheating) against A1. Husband A2. Husbands Father A3. Husbands Mother A4. Husbands Sister A5. Sisters Husband and A6. Marriage Broker (Under Section 420 Only).All were arrested except the Broker/Middleman. Bail was applied and denied for all by Sessions Court who wanted investigation to be closed. A Womans NGO representative wanted Section 307 (Attempt to murder) to be added. Middleman absconded and disappeared.During Bail Hearing the Accused changed the story and claimed that the Brides side were Greedy for NRI groom and had actually cost them a few lacs in Hotel Costs during their ‘Trip’ to Hyderabad. However Judge did not agree.Finally after roughly 70 days- the accuseds parents, sister and sisters husband were released. Then another 12–15 days later Accused was released but his passport was impounded. Both Sessions court and HC refused to release the passport during trial claiming he would disappear.The Brides family also filed for Divorce in a civil proceeding where they listed Rs. 20 Lacs as Cash plus an Innova plus Gold plus some Land for Groom. Of this they produced proof of Innova and Gold and the Land but not the money which they claimed was paid in Cash. They did not list any demand of kidney in the divorce case. My friend handled the divorce case and i also consulted (for no payment) on the same divorce case.The Charge sheet was filed sometime in 2008–2009 - during the Arushi Talwar Media Frenzy. The Middleman turned up asking for Anticipatory Bail and was granted the same (Since all accused had anyway been released).During the case the Prosecution depended on 15 witnesses but of these only 4 witnesses appeared - P.W 1 - the Bride P. W2 - Brides Sister P.W 3 Brides Father and P.W 4 Police Inspector /Arresting Officer. The Lady Doctor was C. W 2 and her statement was crucial as she has told the police that the grooms father and mother were forcefully coercing her and shouting at her to stop crying of which she was an eyewitness to. She was also eyewitness to a threat made by the grooms mother that they would ruin her sisters life and ensure her famiiy committed suicide. However despite several summons - the Doctor did not turn up at all. Likewise two other crucial witnesses - Friends of the Girl (Brides sister) also did not turn up despite issuing many summons. Police Inspector watered down his statement - by saying he did not remember what the lady doctor had told him because he handled more than 400 cases from that time (Judge scoffed at this in open court) and he did not recall much. In fact he was useless as a witness.The Defence cross examined the Father and portrayed him as Greedy and suggested that the father had only suggested the idea of the kidney and portrayed the girls as greedy and wanting to go to USA.The Accused stated that the offer of the Kidney came from the girls side as the younger girl wanted to go to USA and that the Innova was a gift to which the family had repeatedly wanted to pay for . that they did not believe in dowry and the 20 lacs was absolutely fake. The Groom demanded proof of such withdrawal from the Prosecution. The Accused agreed to the gold and returned the gold.The Judge subsequently ruled in favor of the prosecution and convicted the accused to 2 yrs and the co - accused to 6 months each. The Judge could not use the Kidney part because of conflicting statement - instead she convicted for (a) Dowry of Innova which she did not believe was a gift (b) The 20 lacs - she did not believe the groom (c) The Gold which groom admitted totaking and (d) Harrassment of the Bride believing brides word over grooms word.Groom was incarcarated and so were his parents and sister and sisters husband. The Groom appealed to HC.HC finally ruled that (a) 20 Lac could not be proven (b) No Prior Records for Groom (c) Career of Groom ruined completely due to criminal case and agreed for leniency and released all for time served. However Judge did not reverse the conviction. He delivered a stern lecture on dowry.Divorce was granted in 2010 September - October. Groom was asked to pay alimony of Rs. 5 Lac plus monthly support of Rs. 10K for 2 years. Groom has not paid a single naya paisa but Brides family dont care.Brides father kept saying his daughters kept him in the dark about the kidney even to this day perhaps.Last but not the least i presume the middleman after getting AB absconded again and is still missing maybe.

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