Research Paper Outline Bride Burning‚ Murders and Dowry Pressure in India I. Women in India are exposed to heinous acts of abuse. A. Women in India have become victims of human rights abuse. B. Different components of Bride-Burning II. Extent of the Problem A. Statistical Analysis of the number of Dowry Related deaths B. Under Reporting of Cases C. Inconsistencies between police reports and Victim Accounts D. Dowry Pressure leads to Suicide for some dowry harassed victims
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Bride burning in the Hindu religion is a hideous custom enforced by the Brahmin priests to eradicate non-Brahmin women‚ in order to destroy the non-Brahmin races. Other methods used are wife-burning‚ sati or widow-burning‚ jauhar‚ and witch burning. Most of these murders are passed off or regarded as kitchen fires and are never brought to justice. This is a result of the low status of women in India who are viewed more as personnel property that can be disposed of at anytime. About eighty percent
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www.galaxyimrj.com Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research journal ISSN 2278-9529 Questioning the Dowry Deaths in India: Dina Mehta’s Brides are not for Burning Dr. Bhagyashree S. Varma Associate Professor in English University of Mumbai We have been the great followers of tradition‚ rituals and customs in Indian cultural machinery which is glorious in its gender-patterning family set up shared by all diverse classes‚ masses‚ castes and communities. The parents of Daughters
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Bride Burning: A Global Problem Bride burning is a form of domestic violence that is practiced mainly in India‚ Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is estimated that many hundreds‚ and probably thousands‚ of brides are killed in this way each year. However bride burning is traditionally under-reported so it is very difficult to determine the exact figures. In all the countries concerned‚ government action is being taken to try to limit the number of bride burning deaths each year‚ but the problem is that
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FEMALE FOETICIDE AND THE DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Devaki Monani Ghansham Women ’s Studies Research Unit‚ School of Social Work‚ University of Melbourne Townsville International Women’s Conference - AUSTRALIA 3 - 7 July 2002 ~ James Cook University “Poverty‚ Violence and Women’s Rights: ...Setting a Global Agenda” This international conference is for all who care passionately about improving women’s position in the world‚ who demand justice and full human rights for women everywhere and who believe
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People in India give much preference to family relationships and most of them follow arranged marriage system .According to this system there is no possibility for separation and marriage is forever. As divorce is not acknowledged amongst most Indians it is vital that the marriage choice is wisely thought and carefully planned and is one of the significant choices a person will ever take. Usually the parents and family members look for certain attributes in spouse. The marriage partner
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DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Dowry system is a main problem in our society and it has disturbed and made disgrace to our society. Dowry system is the main culture system where parents of the bride give lumps of money‚ expensive gifts and jewellery to the bridegroom. The dowry has been done by many ordinary families in the North India. The dowry is event is where there is a huge requirement the bridegroom get millions of money as a dowry from the bride’s family depending upon the qualifications and education
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situation of Dowry in India No sooner did Prof.Nagendra open the door of his room than he slumped on the ground with a shriek of horror with a shriek of horror. Three girls‚ pretty‚ nubile and silently smiling were swinging to and fro in the air. They were the dead bodies of his loving daughters who could not bear his mortifications or not being able to marry them for the want of dowry. Never did Dr. Tandon imagine that his daughters would be strangulated to death for not bringing enough dowries before
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Dowry is derived from the ancient Hindu customs of ‘kanyadan’ and ‘stridhan’. In ‘kanyadan’‚ the father of the bride offers the father of the groom money or property‚ etc whereas for ‘stridhan’‚ the bride herself gets jewelry and clothes at the time of her marriage‚ usually from her relatives or friends. In Varadakshina’‚ the father of the bride presents the groom cash or kind. All of these could be done voluntarily and out of affection and love. The Hindu marriage system is sacramental. According
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Shaymaa Nagud Sociology 364 12/08/11 Child Brides in India In many societies‚ marriage is a celebrated institution commemorating the union between two consenting adults and the beginning of their lives together. However‚ this experience and celebration is different for the millions of girls around the world who are forced to wed while still children‚ some not even yet teenagers. Child marriage is a marriage that occurs between two people where one or two of the partners is under 18. While
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