Make a list of the evils of our times.
For example; child-labour, eve teasing,
gender expiation, compromising
basic moral values, etc.
Answers
1.Dowry
Dowry system is the most deep seated problem in the Indian society. Due to dowry system in Indian society many other social evils have taken birth. Girl children are neglected, sex- selective abortion is also the main result of dowry system. Parents don’t spend money to teach their girl child as they think they have to pay this money in the future when their daughter will get married. Though many people have opposed this system but yet it has spread its roots deep down in the Indian society. Even in the Rig Veda it is mentioned that the bride’s family have to offer the dowry to the boy’s family.
2. Sati System
The practice of sati was considered to be religious in the history of India. Wives used to burn themselves alive on the corpse of their husband. Sati means the burning of the Hindu widow in India. Hough this practice used to be voluntarily done but in many cases the women were forced o burn on the pyre of their husband. Sati was a Hindu Goddess who burnt herself alive for his husband’s respect. Though sati is considered to be Hindu tradition but it is also practiced in many other communities in India. This practiced is considered to be an illegal practice in India and has reduced to a very great extent in India. There are still very few cases still registered in India where a women burnt herself on his dead husband’s corpse.
were two of the social evils prevailing in the society at the time of independence.