The sub text of the dowry practice
The recent unfortunate incident has everyone standing up with a torch directed towards the practice of dowry in one particular marriage. But whats interesting is its definitely not new to our society and hence this new sense of appallment is quite frankly unnerving. There are 2 aspects here: the indirect male superiority involved here and the mental health awareness conversation. The women in our country have been bringing this to the society s attention for ages now but it was swept under the carpet as a 'gift to the girl'. The problem here is not the gift but the fact that it is a pre-wedding agreement. Its not a gift when you quite literally enter a handahake contract on what material things you would be giving to the other party as part of of the marital proceedings. Both the parties are fully at fault here. Blame is equally on both sides. The girl as is the general norm in our society is left out of the conversation. Her role is to show up for the wedding. The groom on th...
