Dowry

a) What is dowry? (b) What is the main reason of dowry? (c) Who take dowry and who are the
victims of dowry? (d) How does the dowry system affect the whole society? (e) What is your reaction
to the social vice? (f) How can this social curse be eliminated?
Ans : Dowry means property or money brought by a bride to her husband when they mary. Usually
in our society female children are considered inferior to male children. They are thought to be of no
use to the family. So, during marriage ceremony a section of greedy people claim much wealth or
money from the guardians of the brides. The poor and illiterate girls mainly become the victims of
dowry. If the guardians fail to fulfil the demand of their bridegroom, they misbehave with their wives
and sometimes torture them seriously. As a result many of them get divorced or commit suicide or
are killed by their husbands. This system has affected our whole society. At present a father
cannot think of the marriage of his daughter without giving dowry to the bridegroom. I am dead
against this evil system of the society. This evil system should be uprooted from the society
immediately. This social curse can be eliminated by changing the outlook of the people especially
the male members of the society and by taking strict legal measures against the persons who take
dowry