Dowry death is still prevalent in India

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 Dowry death is still prevalent in India

(By Pashmeen Kaur ) 

Image By:- Sukriti Singh


Introduction 

In patriarchal society such as India the status of the women is still vulnerable. It is the girl child education that has been always sacrificed and they are expected to just take care of the family and the young ones. The Dowry system is an evil activity and one the major reasons why girl child education is being sacrificed. It is due to the family's irregular financial condition they save money for giving dowry to the future husband of the daughter. Sometimes a woman in the martial house is forced to get money from her parents and if she fails to do so she has to face domestic violence. The Dowry system has led to treating a girl child in her own house like a guest. Dowry means giving money, property, jewellery etc as a gift to the groom’s family. There are several reasons for the prevalence of the dowry but the core reason is that it is the precondition of the groom’s family and non acceptance of the women if they fail to fulfill the other party’s wants. This mental and financial burden not only exists before the marriage but even after the marriage which leads to death of women and cases of domestic violence. This becomes the reason that the birth of a girl child is not celebrated in our country as when the girl is born it is considered to be the burden of the family.  Due to lack of education women are unaware of their rights and duties. They remain economically dependent on the family and later on their husband, they never learn to master their own decisions in life. There is a rigid caste system prevalence in our country. It is expected that the girl should be married in the same caste and once the family comes across a family with the same caste, a relationship is made without considering other factors. And this doesn’t ends well as girls are married at an early age which makes their career and self confidence look bleak.


Protection provided to women against dowry 

Women can seek protection against dowry under the dowry prohibition act 1961 many women are unaware of the protection that has been provided to them under this act. The act contains punishments on giving or taking dowry. 


Does the dowry system still exist?

The answer to the question is Yes, dowry system still exist in India girls who are educated and are aware of their rights usually go against the practice of dowry but the orthodox nature of the society and the parents does not change. In the name of security to their daughters, valuables such as cars, jewellery or property etc is given to the groom’s family. Often these securities that are provided to the daughter are known as stridhan on which the right to the gift provided by her father is only her own right but it is considered to be dowry. In rural areas the condition of the women is still not updated they still get married at an early age without any proper education as they are unaware of the dowry prohibition act women and their family are burdened financially some of the women due to the mental trauma commit suicide and some of them are killed by the in laws. 


Conclusion

It is time for women to get up from this patriarchal society and should move forward rather than forcing daughter in law to get funds from her house we should rather teach our son how to treat women and how to balance the life after marriage. We all should spread awareness among the rural people and make education of girl child compulsory by just making a law the protection cannot be provided but there should be proper implementation for the same.




Disclaimer:-

The opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. The facts and opinions appearing in the article do not reflect the views of Light de Literacy and LDL does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.


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