Dowry system draft a speech
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Here is your Speech on Dowry System in India:
Dowry is an ancient system under which the parents of the bride pay the bridegroom and/or his parent’s money, goods or estate, honouring the bridegroom’s willingness to accept the bride in marriage. Dowry or dahej, as it is referred to in India, thus refers to the payment in cash or kind by the bride’s family to the bridegroom’s family at the time of giving away the bride.
Dowry is related to the ancient Hindu customs of kanyadan and stridhan. In kanyadan, the father of the bride offers the father of the groom money, property or other gifts, whereas for stridhan, the bride herself gets jewellery and clothes at the time of her marriage, usually from her parents and relatives. It is provided in the Dharmashstra that the meritorious act of kanyadan is not complete until the bridegroom is given a dakshina.
Several unsatisfactory explanations have been advanced to explain this practice. It is said that, in the olden days, dowry served as a form of protection for the wife against the possibility of her ill-treatment by the husband and his family. Even today, it is sometimes contended that dowry facilitates the groom and his family in taking up the onerous responsibility of supporting the bride for the rest of her life.
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