Dowry is a multi-faceted‚ deep-rooted gender issue with social‚ economic and health consequences. This social evil has brought fatal effects to the lives of ordinary women of our society. This social crime has recently made footings in some countries‚ which were traditionally free of this evil like Afghanistan and Bangladesh‚ but our focus here remains Pakistan. The paper concentrates on the religious‚ social and economic structures of the Pakistani society to explain the age-old tradition of extortion
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A Dreadful Evil--Dowry As soon as I opened my eyes I saw the big and bold headline on the newspaper‚ “Dowry tales: Woman set on fire by husband‚ in-laws.” According to reports‚ “24-year-old Jyoti died after she was allegedly set on fire by her husband and in-laws on Sunday as her parents could not meet dowry demand of 10000 dollars.” (live). Day by day this dreadful evil is taking away so many lives. One dowry death is reported every 77 minutes.(Sinha) Reading the Newspaper I remembered
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DOWRY: AN EVIL FOR SOCIETY DOWRY DOWRY or DAHEJ is payment or agreement to pay any property or valuable security or cash by the bride’s family to the bridegroom’s family along with the giving away of bride (called Kanyadan) .In our society it is generally given by the girl’s family to the boy’s family but in hilly areas it is opposite. SOCIAL EVIL A Social evil is any action or consequence that causes pain and suffering to a person or many members of a society. These are the anti-social works
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The Nayar of India Dawn Morrall Introduction to cultural anthropology Joseph Scahill 3/24/2011 The Nayar people a caste from south Indian State of Kerala and Punjab have a very different culturals ways from ares. I haved learned a lot about them. I will discuss how they are with their kinship. I will also go into their religion and beliefs. Also their Policial Organization. Throough out I will also discuss there Industrialist ways. From doing the research that I have done
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India Arie; Soul Bird India Arie Simpson was born in Denver‚ Colorado on October 3‚ 1975‚ to ¨Ralph Simpson‚ a professional basketball player‚ and a former singer Joyce¨(aceshowbiz). India Arie received her love for music from her mother who was a singer. Joyce was India Arie’s music mentor‚ India Arie persistently developed her musical skills during her early years‚ joining her church’s choir in conjunction with learning to play various musical instruments such as‚ baritone‚
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Ancient India Today in Social Studies class I learned about India. The five topics Ms. Chan taught me for India is Science‚ Technology‚ Writing‚ Math‚ and Art. There were a lot of interesting things I didn’t know. I will start off with Science. There are two different types of Science in India‚ first the Medical Science‚ and then the Astronomy Science. In the Medical Science the Indians created two hospitals‚ one for people‚ and the other for animals. They also conducted surgeries. These surgeries
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Years active: Ancient India was active from 3300 BC - 1300 BC. Location: South central Asia‚ on northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Geography: Ancient India had the indus river valley flowing through and also had large and well planned cities. Social Structure The order of social hierarchy is‚ the highest caste is the Brahmins (priests)‚ the Kshatriyas (warriors and rulers)‚ Vaisyas (skilled traders‚ merchants‚ and minor officials)‚ Shudras (unskilled workers)‚ and the lowest Pariah
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Dower and dowry confusion The dower is a sum of money or other property which becomes payable by the husband to the wife as an effect of marriage[1]. On the other hand‚ Dowry is a transaction between two parties involving cash‚ or other valuable articles such as precious metals‚ gems‚ clothing‚ appliances‚ real estate‚ or goods for entertainment‚ made as a condition for entering a marriage contract[2].The dowry system is not recognised in the religion or the law of the Muslim societies but has
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Agenda No.8 REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF “DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT‚ 1961” The ‘Dowry Prohibition Act‚ 1961’ is being implemented in the country for five decades now‚ but‚ the practice of dowry and dowry related crimes continue to be a matter of concern. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data shows that the number of cases reported under the Dowry Prohibition Act increased by almost 25% from 4504 in 2006 to 5623 in 2007 although it fell marginally by a little over 1% in 2008. State/UT-wise analysis
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The Death Penalty Research Paper English Composition ENG101 03 December 2011 Abstract The death penalty is a subject of much debate amongst the American people. Some people support capital punishment while others do not. Examination of sources and analyses of important history regarding the death penalty will hopefully add to the understanding of why it is so important in our day and age to have such a penalty to deter and deal with the most violent of offenders
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