DOWRY : The Social Evil
Dowry
D- Devils in the world
O-Oppressing and Ostracizing
W-Women,
R-Ruthlessly! they were
Y-Yearning for life!
When we think of the Social evils of our Society, Dowry is one of the main evils. The gift exchanging between the families has been changed into a ceremony of social atrocity. The Oxford Dictionary defines it as an amount of property or Money brought by the bride to her husband on their marriage. Dowry is a social menace and is one of the main reasons for abuse of married women. A dowry is a transfer of parental property gifts or money at the marriage of 24 a daughter. The dowry is known as KANYADAAN in Indian marriage. KANYADAAN or STRIDHAN is an important part of Hindu Marital rites. Kanya- daughter Dhaan – dhana (gift).
Rabindranath Tagore, one of India’s If not Asia’s greatest philosophers once said “Marriage in India (Sri-Lanka), also is a form of glorified prostitution because of the Dowry System. “Mahatma Gandhi says “Any young man, who makes DOWRY a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his Country and dishonors womanhood.” But this practice continues in the plantation sector because of this, parents see their daughters as a burden to their life. This Social Evil has destroyed many lives of women.
During my school days I met a girl in our church youth group. She was a girl with a good heart and was friendly. We worked together for many youth events, one day i heard that she committed suicide because of a dowry issue. The groom was asking for more Dowry from her brother for the marriage. She heard this and she was worried. Later she thought she was a burden to the family and she destroyed her life.
DOWRY is a Social devil,
We should speak about this, we should create awareness and we should be an example in our life.
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