Essay On Dowry System

India  is a Male dominated society where the evil practice of Dowry has become very common. The woman has been relegated to a secondary place and has a marginal importance in the family. She has been reduced to a thing, not a human being. The recent spate in the cases of the dowry deaths exposes the hollowness of our social and cultural system the true of married women and cases of bride burning are rampant in lower middle class urban families. The birth of female child is still considered to be a burden on the parents.  Beauty, good features, culture and qualification may be important but a fat dowry overweighs  all these considerations.

     Even in the modern world where women are marching ahead in all walks of life, the evil practice of the dowry system continuous. Naked materialism  and consumerism  have only Increased  the appetite of the Dowry  seekers.  That Dowry  amount depends upon the social and economic status of the prospective bridegrooms.  Demands for cars, bikes, music system,  ACs  is costly furniture and growing in the marriage market. But the greed of dowry seekers remain unsatisfied.

      Bride-burning is not a rare phenomenon  in India. The Anti-Dowry Act,  1976 must be strongly  implemented for eradicating  the this social stigma.  The dowry  seekers should be socially boycotted and given strict punishment..  Public and voluntary organisations should come forward to root out this  social evils from the society.