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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incident of sexual harassment takes place • Every 43 minutes‚ a woman is kidnapped • Every 93 minutes‚ a woman is killed • Every 102 minutes‚ a dowry death • One out of every three women has experienced violence in marital life • Physical abuse of Indian women is high ranging from 22-60 percent • 71.5 percent increase in cases of torture and dowry deaths from 1991-1995 • 45 percent of Indian women are slapped‚ kicked or beaten by their husbands • India also had highest rate of violence during pregnancy
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Dowries: Customary Wedding Gifts | | The dowry‚ Malaysian style‚ consists of money‚ jewellery‚ rice‚ sugar and other food stuffs and furniture for the bridal room. The amount of dowry varies from time to time as well as from place to place. For the Malays‚ the dowry is presented during the "akad nikah" of which the wedding is officiated by the "kathi" or priest. The "hantaran belanja" or the main dowry is magnificiently presented at this ceremony. This kind of dowry usually ranges from M$500 to
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that a girl child can’t ever be a blessing as the traditions teach that when a woman gets married – the family of the girl has to give a certain sum of money which may range from thousands to millions to the husband’s family – a system called as “dowry”. In actual reality‚ this system is eradicated by the government of the country but shamefully this kind of violence against women is still an ongoing practice‚ even among the educated elites as observed by Almosaed who states that “violence increases
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a girl child.” How ridiculous? The system has to be changed right from the roots. When a girl child is born‚ the first thought is‚ the parent has to make dowry to get her married off. Aren’t men and their families ashamed to ask for dowries even today? Do they survive on the money from the girl’s house? From inside the womb‚ till her death‚ a woman is always faced with danger. In the womb‚ the
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Dowry System is a common social problem.its harmful for our society. now we will read a paragraph about Dowry System.lets go for read Dowry System paragraph. Dowry is the money or property that is demanded by the bridegroom when he marries a bride. The system of dowry has now become a curse to the society. The torture upon the women by men is a very common sight of today. Sometimes the women become a victim of loss of life as a result of the torture by their husbands. The main reason of dowry is
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and or in-laws? A young woman is either being burnt alive‚ beaten to death or being forced to commit suicide at someplace in India‚ almost every four hours for not being able to provide the demand of dowries. (Stone) The word dowry in the ordinary sense means properties or resources that are given to the bridegroom and his family at the time of marriage from the bride’s family for accepting her to their home permanently. Dowry is‚ therefore‚ a compensatory payment to the family which agrees to shelter
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The dowry system is a social evil in India.It originated since times immemorial.I am really feeling very bad with this system ‚so want to give my views about this topic. Actually in the ancient times the grooms were to give dowry to the brides‚but now the brides are to give dowry to the grooms and now-a-days it became a compulsory process. I think GURAJADA’S play "kanyasulkam" may be mentioned in this context.Dowry can be defined as a support to the newly married couple on either behalf in cash or
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1. Rao‚ V. (1993). The rising price of husbands: A hedonic analysis of dowry increases in rural India. Journal of Political Economy‚ 666-677. Motivation and objective : Attempts to investigate the reasons behind the increase in dowry . Methods : It adapts Rosen’s implicit market model to the Indian marriage market and tests predictions from the model with data from six villages in South Central India and from the Indian census Theories : Using utility function‚ U is assumed to be maximized‚ given
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“The Dowry System In India” The dowry system is so deeply rooted in Indian culture‚ that sometimes one feels that there’s going to be no way out - at least not for another century. Even modern‚ well-educated families start saving up money for their daughter’s dowry as soon as she is born so what can one expect from the uneducated masses‚ whose only form of education is tradition? When demands for dowry are not met‚ the bride is subject to torture‚ and often even killed. The reason many parents don’t
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