Bride burning and dowry may look bad, but are an integral part of India.

This is very big problem in our country. The people is torched their daughter-in-law for dowry. I think this was old customs of people because of their superstition they were living in their beliefs.

Dowry is one of the most abominable customs prevailing in our society. It refers to the money or gift given to the girl by her parents at the time of her marriage but now it has became a social evil.

Boy and his family ask for large sums of money from the girls parents. For this reason birth of the girl is often considered as a curse on the society. Girls are often burnt if the girl brings insufficient amount of money. We all should come together and take steps to uproot this problem before it is too late.

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Actually, each and every man should take a stern decision that he will not take dowry while getting married if this is done how can his family insist him. Now the majority of them are men in this GD also who are against dowry >>> be frank will you not take dowry when you will get married?

While I am not an Indian national I have often been very interested in the rites of other countries. India has always fascinated me and I have traveled there twice - once as tourist and on another occasion to celebrate my brothers wedding. (He is Australian and married a Sikh lady - no dowry was exchanged).

What I find interesting is that there is often media coverage about the rising rate of abortions of female infants in India. This is mainly due to the ability to access ultrasounds - and that there is a stigma that the family will have to pay a dowry for the girl. What I don't understand is that if you are killing off a portion of women this will cause an inequity in the gender balance and therefore you will be making women a scarcer commodity. (Sorry to use such commercial terms) It has often been proven in economics that once you make an item scarcer people will need to reassess the value of that item. I am assuming that Indian families would like their abundance of "sons" to marry and have children and continue the family name? If there are not enough women to procreate with their sons would it be possible, that at some stage in the future, the women may hold the upper hand and that a reversal may been seen that families would ask the male side to pay a dowry to ensure that they have a wife that will bare children? It is just food for thought.

If you look to China you only have to see that they are struggling with the gender imbalance and that there are not enough women per males.

On that note I must say it is refreshing to see that there are so many people who oppose the dowry system and bride burning. Good on you and continue your plight raise women to an equal standing.

According to me women is an integral part of our nation burning bride or dowry is not necessary but marriages are considered as pious in India so if marriage take place at a young age or among poor people they are bound to dowry system or evil practices like burning the bride after the death of her husband.in India there was a time when women were considered as holy and was given a prestigious place but after so much of advancement yet there is no security is provided to girls.it is a shame for the nation as without women the world will come to an end.

They are simply superstitions. They have to be eliminated. If they still prevail in the society , how can one say that women are given equal importance as men.



I don't understand why highly qualified girls also have to give dowry to even uneducated men. I simply oppose these bad evils. Let's destroy them , by non-co-operating .

Hello everyone.

According to me dowry is the most serious problem which the Indian brides are facing. The girl is not only tortured mentally but sometimes physically as well. She bears a lot of pain just because of the greediness of her in laws. And sometimes even the husband also supports his family. This makes it even more difficult for the wife to stay there. And the typical Indian mentally also forces her to stay at her in laws place because we Indians have a belief that a girls real home is her in laws place. The society further blames her and make rumors about her. At the end the girl has no option except suiciding.

I also agree with the fact that dowry is an integral part of India. Sometimes when brides family do not give dowry to grooms father then marriage should not take place doesn't it is unfair. And sometimes after marriage the husband tortured to his wife for more dowry and wife became to act suicide doesn't it unfair. Guys we are educated don't do this types of silly mistakes. Raise against the dowry.

Thanks.

I totally agree that dowry has become an integral part of India. But we have a false notion about dowry that it is restricted to the uneducated and the villages is our country. Most cases of dowry and bride burning are reported for the so called Elite members of our society. These people belong to the well educated class.

Hi friends,

I am fully against bride burning and dowry because there is a reason behind it. Suppose, in a family there is three boys and one girl and their father has a property of about 20 lakhs then if we divided his property, girl will have a part of 5 lakh from his fathers wealth but the boys's family asked for 20 lakhs that is the whole property of his father's wealth so in result the relationship breaks.

I think dowry system should be banned in India.

Thank you.