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ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴘʀɪɴᴄɪᴘᴀʟ, ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴀʀ sᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛs.
ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ ɪ ʀɪʏᴀ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ sʜᴀʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴠɪᴇᴡs ᴏɴ " ᴅᴏᴡʀʏ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ". ɪᴛ ɪs ᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴊᴏʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏᴜʀ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ɪs ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴ ᴀɴᴛɪ - ᴅᴏᴡʀʏ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴄᴀᴍᴘᴜs. ɪɴ ғᴀᴄᴛ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴀ ʙᴏʟᴛ ᴏɴ ᴏᴜʀ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ. ɢɪʀʟ's ʙɪʀᴛʜ ɪs ᴀ sᴀᴅ ɴᴇᴡs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴅᴏᴡʀʏ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ. ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʜᴀs ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ sᴜғғᴇʀs sᴏᴏɴᴇʀ ᴏʀ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴡɪsʜᴇs ғᴏʀ ᴀ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ʟɪғᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ sᴏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ sᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴘᴀɪsᴀ ʙʏ ᴘᴀɪsᴀ sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ's ʙɪʀᴛʜ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ʟᴏᴀɴs ᴏʀ sᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴜsᴇ. sᴜᴄʜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜғғᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴏғᴏʀ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ's ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs. ᴅᴏᴡʀʏ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ ɪs ᴀ ʜᴇɪɴᴏᴜs sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ. ɪᴛ ɪs ᴀ sᴛɪɢᴍᴀ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ . ɪᴛ ʜᴀs ʀɪsᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴʏ ɪssᴜᴇ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ғᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ғᴏᴇᴛɪᴄɪᴅᴇ, ᴄᴏʀʀᴜᴘᴛɪᴏɴ, ғɪɴᴀɴᴄɪᴀʟ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍs ɪɴ ɢɪʀʟs ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ᴇᴛᴄ. ᴅᴏᴡʀʏ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴀɢᴏɴʏ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴍᴜsᴛ ᴊᴏɪɴ ʜᴀɴᴅs ᴛᴏ ᴇʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪs sʏsᴛᴇᴍ. ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇғᴏʀᴍ ᴏᴜʀ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ. ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴀɴ ᴇᴅᴜᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ɢɪʀʟ ɪs ᴀ sᴜғғɪᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴅᴏᴡʀʏ. sʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ɪɴ sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ. sᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴍᴜsᴛ ᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴇᴠɪʟ ʙʏ ᴘʟᴇᴅɢɪɴɢ ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴅᴏᴡʀʏ.
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Dowry System
Answer:
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.
Explanation:
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.
Others argue that dowry is meant to help the newly-weds to set up their own home. Still others justify it by saying that dowry is given as compensation to the groom’s parents for the amount they have spent in educating and upbringing their son. Most such explanations, however, make little or no sense.
The dowry system, aptly described as ‘a social evil’, is unfortunately deeply rooted in Indian culture. Even among the educated sections of society, dowry continues to form an essential part of the negotiation process that takes place in an arranged marriage.
Sadly, dowry is still considered a status symbol in the Indian society. A number of marriage negotiations break down if there is no consensus between the bride’s and the groom’s families regarding the quantum of dowry. Dowry deaths of newly married brides are regularly in the news and even today, newspapers often carry horrific details of such deaths in various parts of India.
As the evils of the dowry system began to assume enormous proportions, in an attempt to combat this social evil, the Dowry Prohibition Act was passed in 1961. It came into force on July 1, 1961 and extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Important amendments were also made in the Indian Penal Code and the Indian Evidence Act. Thus, S. 498-A of the Indian Penal Code deals with punishment for cruelty to the wife by the husband and his relatives and S. 304-B provides stringent punishments for ‘dowry deaths’.
It is now provided that if the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage, and it is shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or his relatives for or in connection with any demand for dowry, such husband or relative shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years but which may extend to life imprisonment.
It is interesting to see that even before Parliament enacted this piece of central legislation, some State Governments had taken the initiative and passed dowry laws applicable within such states. Thus, the Bihar Dowry Restraint Act was passed in 1950 and the Andhra Pradesh Dowry Prohibition Act was passed in 1958. Interestingly, even before independence, the provincial government of Sind had passed an anti-dowry Act, aptly called the Sind Deti Leti Act, 1939, with a view to curb this social menace. Unfortunately, these Acts had very little impact on the prevailing social evil.
Under S. 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, ‘dowry means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly-
(a) By one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage, or
(b) By the parents of either party to a marriage or by any other person, to either party to the marriage or to any other person,:
At or before or any time after the marriage in connection with the marriage of said parties.