In my leisure time I try to write Articles for the benefit of mankind and social awareness. This time the thing which is pinching my mind from some days is the rising issue of Dowry in United Andra Pradesh. Since I got impressed with the development,cuisines,hospitality and literacy rate of Andra Pradesh but one thing really annoyed me and it was really heart-broken:”Dowry”.I have been here in Andra Pradesh from last one year and I do observe the things and the nature of the place I visit.
I was invited by one of my friend on the occasion of marriage ceremony of his sister. Since I was very desperate as it was the debut for me to attend any marriage party in Hyderabad .I left for reception in the Evening. After Dinner I was sitting and discussing the marriage culture in Andra Pradesh. I was Shocked to know that the Dowry amount is touching the sky and upper limit depends on the status of girl’s family. I started thinking that in India more the 80 million people are living Below poverty Line, What about the Girls of the those families?, who is going to marry with them?, from where from there parents are going to get such a huge amount to get their daughters married.I got really curious about the issue and I started researching about it. I bumped into lot of people of different relegions,caste and creed and found that the this disease has communicated in the whole community and is getting incurable day by day. I also asked many youths about this issue and the replies were quiet unacceptable. Some replied that “we are not interested but our parents do” and some told that “our parents spend lot of money on our studies so we need to repay them and this is the way”. All the Answers were baseless and does not make any sense. When I discussed the same issue with some girls they answers was quiet similar that the girl’s family has no choice than giving dowry otherwise marriage is not