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Band 6+: Does the culture of the past have an impact on today's culture?

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Nowadays, people are well educated across India. But in the past, many people practiced Sati, which involved a child being married to an adult man. In this case, when the adult man died, the wife was also burned in a fire. These types of practices should be removed from our culture because they are not substantial to our culture. Such practices impact many individuals, especially women, who are married to an adult or subjected to this punishment. Mainly, this practice has been abolished by the government.

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Nowadays, the people are well educated across India. But in the past, many of the people practice Sadi, which is the child married to an adult man. In this case, when the adult man dies, the wife also burnt in a fire. This is, these types of, additionally these are, these should be removed from our culture because these practices are not substantial to our culture. So these cultures impacts many human beings, especially women, who are married to any adult or committed by this punishment. So, mainly this punishment is removed by government.

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culture: 2

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The response is somewhat relevant to the question but focuses heavily on a single historical practice, which limits the breadth of the answer. To improve, consider discussing a wider range of cultural elements and their influence on contemporary society. Providing a more balanced perspective with multiple examples would strengthen the response.

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