DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIAN SOCIETY
THE dowry system is a social evils prevalent in india
till date which every citizen has right to fight agaisat.Each one has to take
up his fight agaist the social evils.whe
have to take up this fight by creating awarness in family,communities
and sociaty at large.contant and alert action agaist people practicing this
evils will slowly help in getting rid of this evil totally .
No blame Gme is going to help at this juncture.the problem
which is identified and solutions has to be worked upon positively!
Dowry system is one of the social evils which prevails in
ithe indian society.to eradicate requires sustained and concrete effort in the
right direction.
Dowry system in indian society:origin,impact and remedies
Among the social evils that prevail and
plague indian society,the dowry sysem plays the most devasting role.it has
spred out its tentCLES FAR AND WIDE in the society affecting almosat every
section of the society.
ORIGIN OF DOWRY:
The system of dowry had its origin in the vedic period which
beoriginagan only as a formal rite in the institution of marriage.among the
various types of hindu marriages,kanyadan played a significant role in the
evolution of dowry system.during kanyadan,a bribe was given as a gift to a
bridgegroom by her father.as stipulated in the dharmasasthra,kanyadan is a
meritorious act and it is not complete untill a bridgegroom is given a dakshina
while performing and solemnizing. In others words during kanyadan form of
marriage,the bridegroom has to be given something in cash or gift which
constitute varadakshina.thus kanyadan form of marriage become associated with
varadakshina,the cash or gift in kind to be paid by to the bridegroom.thus
dakhina or varadakshina was offerred out of affection and did not constitute
any kind of comlution or obligation or consideration for marriage.however what
was originally intended as a token dakshina for bridegroom has now has out of
proportions and has assumed the modern nomification and the impact it created
in the society,the dowry has grown into a greedy monster,which is constantly
looking out for halpless preys especially from feminine gender.
THE IMPACT
Consequent to the monstrous growth of dowry system,it has
become a part and parcel of the institution of marriage.in other words,without
dowry no marriage is solemnized.in the cast ridden hindu sociaey,the top three
castes and its sub cast invariably follow the dowry system.in fact before
fixing a marriage or engagement,dowry is demanded as a precondition.whwn the
demad for dowry is not accepted,a disagreement is reached and marriage proposal
gets foiled even at the preliminary stage.the pesonallty of a bribe or
bridgegroom,their willingness for the proposed marriage etc.
Which are normally considerd as the essential prerequisites
of marriage take the backstage.
And salient feature of the dowry system is that it is always
associated with the status of parties to
the marriage.in particular,the bridgegroom parent demand a sum in cash or in
kind,in the form of jewelry,material thing like household article,car and
houses etc.the irony is such demands are made befitting the economics status of
the bridegroom family or position held by bridgegroom or actual amount of cash
or kind is not paid before the marrige,it even leads to the termination of
contract of marriage is not solembized.the system of dowry has also become a
primary sourse of post marital dispute when the agrred amount of dowry is not
paid or it is partly paid and pathe promise rtly promised,some times the
marriage is solemnisedand the consummated.when the bribes family is not able to
fulfill the promiseds of the dowry the bridgedue tom poverty,the strife begins
at the marital home,in which the entire family members of brithe bribedgroom is
pitted agaist the dowrysystem
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