Made in Heaven, Living Hell for Many

TERM PAPER

Name:abu bakkar Student ID:12201016

Newspaper: The Daily Star Date:10.10.12

Sec:02

Article’s Headline:

Marriage:Made in Heaven,Living Hell for Many.(Aruna Kashyap)

(A)Six new words I discovered in the article and a brief definition in english.

1.Meagre-Deficient in quantity or quality.

2.Reform-The improvement or amendment of what is wrong.

3.Consent-To permit,approve or agree.

4.Criteria-A standard of judgement or critism.

5.Undisputed-generally agreed upon..

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6.Execute-To carry out.

(B)My new headline for the story:

Marriages gone Wrong:A Curse for many.

(C)Brief Summary:

What happened:According to Kashyap(2012),the marriage system in Bangladesh is full

of flaws.She interviewed some women and stated the story of their sufferings.The picture

of the sufferers are same all throughout the country.These women face torture from their

husband and in laws which gradually leads to broken marriage.Family laws of different

religions are not strong enough to support the victims of broken marriage.In some

cases,the husbands decieved the wives and ran away with the lifelong savings of their

lives.The women who are affected by this problem become hopeless.They do not get

support from the society.Even,the laws to help them are weak in our country.At the end

the article,the authoress showed the effort of various individuals against these steps.

Kashyap,A.(2012).Marriage:made in Heaven,living Hell for Many.

(Source:Forum,A monthly publication of The Daily Star,Volume 06,Issue 10,October

2012).

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Where:

This situation is happening in Bangladesh.The women of this country are going through

this problem.The problem is almost same in the other countries of the subcontinent.

When:

It is based on last few decades.Earlier,women were not discriminated as much as they are

now.This has started from a few decades earlier.The situation is the worst at present.

How:

I think there are a few reasons behind this problem.Lack of education is one of them.Our

society is also male dominant.Women are always considered as minors.The

discrimination between a male and female child starts from a very early age.Even,Parents

try to ensure more facilities for their male children ahead of the females.This is one of the

main reason for this problem.Laws are also insufficient,improper and weak.For these

reasons,women are always getting at the suffering end of broken marriage.

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Why:

I think the authoress wrote this article to raise awareness among the people of our country

on this topic.The number of women that are tortured are enormous.As a human,the

authoress tried to support them.She tried to visualize the big picture in front of us.As a

women,she could feel the sufferings of other women.So,she tried to tell us the stories of

the victim women in this article.

(D)My opinion on the story:

I think the authoress did a good job to make us aware of this problem.She showed the

sufferings of the victim women through this article.The theme of this article is very

clear.She succedded to show the current state of this problem by giving some real life

eamples.Her writing style is also unique and it attracted me and helped me to understand

the entire article more clearly.

But I think the authoress did not show the entire picture.Men are also victims of this

problem.But,she did not write anything about it at all.

(E)I still have these questions:

Why did the authoress not show the sufferings of men?

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(F)Have I heard any other news about this story?From what source?

No,I have not heard any other news about this story.

Did I notice any cultural biases or attitudes?

No,I did not notice any cultural biases or attitudes.

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