But the rising bride price has brought with it an increase in violence against women. Dowry violence is usually perpetrated by the husband or the in-laws in a bid to extract a higher dowry from the bride's family. The dowry price paid at the time of marriage may be significant, but the greed of husbands and in-laws can grow after marriage. This frequently translates into physical, mental or sexual violence against the bride.
The violence ranges from slashing genitalia or breasts with razors to burning her alive by pouring kerosene on her. In some cases, women are driven to suicide. In Indian cultures, it is usually custom that one never goes empty-handed when they are invited anywhere. Historically in most Indian cultures, the bride lived with her husband in his ancestral home with his family.
The dowry is a present a bride takes with her to her new in-laws. What Is Polki Jewelry? Your Privacy Rights. To change or withdraw your consent choices for Brides. At any time, you can update your settings through the "EU Privacy" link at the bottom of any page.
These choices will be signaled globally to our partners and will not affect browsing data. We and our partners process data to: Actively scan device characteristics for identification. I Accept Show Purposes. Learn about the history and meaning of this wedding tradition. By Erum Salam. Erum Salam. Erum Salam is a writer at The Guardian. Think what could happen to their families if they were living in the other part of country.
Our cultural is dominantly patriarchal but they develop different practices because they remained completely untouched by foreign rulers influence. I believe that dowry system, honor killings, widow shunning see kunti in mahabharat etc were the social malice which developed with the fall of vedic education and vedic kingdom in India. And it was also hard to develop them with the time as you know very-2 well how hard it is to change the way of brahmin thinking.
The thing which was considered taboo would remain so for thousands of the year. To know the exact practices of Indian society you have to add every bit from different sources.
And I also believe that social practices should not be viewed as part of Hinduism. Jai Hind. Sons have a right to inherit only the fathers wealth, they would inherit their mothers wealth ONLY if she so wishes. If you think all men are bad and all women are good, then you are delusional. My friend is currently a divorcee who got swindled by his ex wife and is currently fighting court cases and trying to save his property and wealth. Husbands and Wives should have equal right to their personal wealth.
BTW if the husband and wife were to decide to divorce after a period of years after marriage how would your stupid law work? Good and information shared here must be true since so many masters have worked on it, and there is no doubt we belong and are part of the most richest culture on this earth. But Guru, the solution to it is not that the husband hands over all property to the wife, at the age of where normally an Indian boy gets married, does not owe anything of his own.
And if someone is lucky enough to be owner of some property belongs to a family who is rich and well settled, and is hardly heard in dowery case. Punishment is almost instant on any smallest to smallest and worst to worst crimes. What India needs desperately is the way our judiciary system works. I am not saying, they should hang a person blindly, but then there should be a way to work with it. The final verdict came, when he admitted Rs. So any judge who kept increasing his dates of hearing, should have realised after 3months, even if the convicted admits, he is going to be released, should have warned him and release.
So where does he go now to account for those 3months extra he spent in jail? The opportunity an innocent finds by our law to protect himself, the same opportunity a criminal finds for himself. Our law do protect all of us, whereby it should have been protecting only the innocents. A red handed caught criminal is given full opportunity to prove himself innocent, I mean how???
Where does this happen on this earth? Interesting and very informative. It certainly changed my perspective on gender bias in Indian society. Similar situation was there in South korea few years back …but not called as dowry…. Very nice and informative blog, just like all your other blogs.
The solution sounds logical, however extra steps need to be taken in order to avoid misuses, which can be fatal for married men :P. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Sign in. Log into your account. Privacy Policy. Password recovery. Forgot your password? Get help. Articles History Society. The Origin of Dowry System in India. By Gurudev. This could be the reason many families do not educate their daughter, instead they save that money for dowries. The law states that treating a woman cruelly in order to extort dowry will be punished with imprisonment for a term of three or more years and a fine.
The Act prohibited the practice of dowry in many states. Any one who practices the giving or receiving of dowry is punishable. The punishment includes imprisonment not less than five years and a fine that should not be less than fifteen thousand rupees or should equal to the amount of the dowry, depending on which one is more.
This law helps in the cases of dowries because many times the reason for domestic violence is an unpaid dowry. Founded by Mr. Himendra Thakur in , the main goals are to provide awareness and education, to provide support medical, emotional, financial to victims and help to avoid paying dowry.
They have a six-point program to eradicate dowry and dowry deaths. They attempt to provide opportunities for victims, such as creating a job centre in order to find jobs and become independent. Many of these foundations and groups work locally to create awareness and change people's negative cognitions related to dowries. The laws of Manu Vol. New Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass. The expanding dimensions of dowry.
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 10, — Dowry in 21st-century india: The sociocultural face of exploitation.
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