Excellent and thought provoking post Manju👏
Dowry is an excuse for denial for girl's share in inheritence.Most of the people say that
they gave their daughter's share in inheritence in the form of dowry that will help the couple to have convinient start of their practical
life.Why girls are even being deprived of expending their share of inheritence where ever they would like to?After all
its their share so it becomes possession or share by name only as people give it for keeping their own pride intact and that also beyond their
own expenses in order to keep their heads high but will that pride be immortal?and those who speak won't even shut their big mouths they never get satisfied.Few people say that we gave it according our own will so our daughter may not face any inconvenience in the future life and her standards of living remain the same c'mon people you gave ur daughters' to well-off families or the people having almost same standards of living like urs or else even if its a bit less ur
girl can adjust or else its her husband's obligation to fulfill her requirements as its her obligation to do the same.Dowry a root cause of depriviation among the people of society who can't afford to give it to their daughters or even among the people living under same roof it also creates sense of
deprivation among other SIL's if one of them brought more dowry even also the cause of psychological abuse.Its the sole reason that most of girls don't
get married throughout their lives even if they are longing to and this is the sole reason why girls are consider burden on their parents by others or by parents themselves.Dowry is not a part of any religion different societies started
it in the Ancient time where being girls parents was considered shameful they started giving it as girls's estate or price to the groom
now it is modified and if people don't give more than adequate than stoves burst the victim is always a DIL.Even if not physical voilence isn't witnesses than there is never ending psychological abuse.Ironically,in spite of very high
frequency of domestic violence and frequent cases of stove deaths,dowry-related violence is neither perceived nor recognized as an accepted form of violence nor documented in social science literature.When its a tradition which everyone
follows as a part and parcel of their lives and even it beome obvious to guys and their parents that parents have give their daughters adequate dowry there expectations increases and id their DIL don't bring that desired mostly she has to bear the violence in any form.People should initially shouldn't take it from their own DIL's even if her parents wish to give it to u plainly refuse taking it and than don't even give it to ur daughters even if u are afraid of any kind of violence or psychological abuse if its violence than do inform police and if its psychological abuse than start ignoring it how long will they speak and girl should be strong enough to protest against it don't victimize ur own self.One of our relatives refuse taking dowry himself he established
it all himself by strenuous efforts while seeing him his BIL also refused taking dowry so when u stop giving people will stop taking or demanding it even his parents were expecting to have dowry he makes them agree to his terms and conditions and explain them its not my wife's or her parents obligation to contribute towards our better life even its my duty and I will
fulfill it myself he empowered his family and no one spoke a word.Sadly Dowry has became a part and parcel of our lives it became tradition or better say a trend
Edited by firefly99 - 13 years ago