CARTOON STRIP ON DOWRY SYSTEM
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- Is the dowry system eradicated completely as desired? Read and find out.
- Dowry system started in India many years ago. It is the payment made by the bride's family to the groom's.
- The government has introduced many laws(The Dowry Prohibition Act) and reforms to eradicate the dowry system.
- The impacts of dowry system are countless. Women are seen as a liability; many women remain endlessly unmarried; In some cases, it also leads to crime against women, ranging from emotional abuse and injury, to even deaths.
- DOWRY: A SOCIAL EVIL
- Those people who wonder...
- Is dowry system still in practice?
- Is there more pressure on bride's side to provide dowry, even nowadays ?
- Are harassments over dowry still prevalent in our country?
- Just think-
- Why dowry death cases in India amounted to nearly 70,000 in 2020?
- Why Uttar Pradesh topped the list with the highest number of reported dowry deaths in 2020?
- Why dowry prohibition officers across Kerala got a large number of calls in the last two months out of which around 26 cases were officially filed and proceedings were initiated?
- Why harassments over dowry are reported in newspapers often?
- There are a lot of examples of how women were harassed demanding dowry.
- Vismaya Nair, an Ayurveda medical student, was found hanging in her bathroom. she was harassed and tortured by her husband and her in-laws over dowry demands . The 500 page charge sheet says that she committed suicide and there were 102 witnesses and 56 pieces of evidences.
- Archana, 24, was found dead with burn injuries in her husband's house. There are allegations of her husband's family demanding 3 lakh rupees from her father.
- Thus, marriage is a strange market place where the seller pays the buyer for his product to be sold and maintained well.
- SOLD OUT!
- However, not every marriage demands dowry and not every bride's family sees dowry system as a symbol of pride but it is to be noted that dowry system is not completely eradicated.
- As long as women are treated as geese that lay golden eggs by their in-laws, marriage is seen as a business deal and dowry giving is seen as pride on the bride's part, it is highly impossible to prevent women from becoming victims of dowry system.
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