Old cultures aren't only present in India. Bulgaria is part of the European Union. The EU human rights charter prohibits such practices in member countries.
So what prompted the sudden interest in the topic? Some thread here? The general festivities of the season? A news story?
Yes, you said it...just taking up some random place and highlight issues from there only fills up their agenda of flooding the internet with information and doesn't provide any solution , which I think is next to impossible at least only by voicing about it. Millions of people only do this, only a miniscule try to do something. we need to talk about treating other human, why all living beings as equal and this is the most important, urgent and pressing need of the hour.
There was a forum thread about "timing" for a marriage after the first meet online. Then there is the current desi news about raising the minimum legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 for girls in India by the NaMo government. West Bengal was in the news as the state where the legal min age is vastly ignored among the country folk who are poor. I saw the video from Bengal, and felt sad for the lack of personal safety for those girls. So I decided to share. In a way the story may be like pushing "spinach" on children. Those of us living the affluent life can tell our children to mind their life's priorities considering so many in the world are stuck in really horrid situations.