It is sad that in a country where goddesses are worshipped women have to suffer. It is sad that the country that is so progressive is still dealing with dowry issues. Dowry is and always was a social evil that has been claiming the happiness of many families. Unfortunately India has many dowry related cases each day and the torture that our women endure in the hands of their money hungry in laws is terrible.
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Parents get their daughters married with a hope that she doesn't have to spend her life alone after their death and to find her a good home where she can get what she needs is a luxury. Luxury doesn't come for free and every parent is ready to pay for the luxury of their beloved daughter and that's what dowry is. A girl's parents are the real culprits that fuel the dowry system in India. Why can a girl's parents say a big fat 'NO' to a man who demands a price to keep their daughter, who is going to bear his children and look after his parents, happy?
If each and every individual who has a girl child refuses to pay the amount demanded by the groom's family the system will come to an end.
Recently a 5 month pregnant woman was tied in a cowshed along with the family's other cows because her parents didn't pay the extra dowry that the groom's family demanded. The bride who slipped into depression had to be admitted into the hospital.
The couple has been married for around 7 months now and the girl's parents have already paid around 20 lakhs as dowry, but the groom wanted more of it. He wanted to own a Toyota Fortuner at the cost of his wife's parents and he thought the best way to make them gift it to him was to torture their daughter. To make things worse the groom and his father called the bride's parents informing them that their daughter has gone missing. The bride's father immedietely filed a complaint and police traced the bride at her home but in the cowshed. Police have arrested the groom and his family and the investigation is going on.