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Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University Unit 27: Family Problems: Dowry Death and Bride Burning

Unit 27: Family Problems: Dowry Death and Notes

Bride Burning

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
27.1 Dowry Death and Bride Burning
27.2 Dowry

27.3 Summary
27.4 Keywords
27.5 Review Questions

27.6 Further Readings

Objectives
After studying this unit, students will be able to:
• Aware the bride from killing due to dowry.
• Aware the bride from burning alive due to dowry.
• Describe the efforts made by the Government regarding dowry death.

Introduction
Dowry system is the most infamous practices among all the evils spread in our society. In en-
cient time there was a dowry system but like today there were no pre-condition before marriage.
The parents of the bride gave dowry happily accoriding to their capability after the marriage.
but the evils of dowry today reached to that height, people do not hesitate to torture the bride
severly even burn her alive.

27.1 Dowry Death and Bride Burning

Today dowry has become a matter of grave concern. Because of it, the marriage of daughters has
become a curse. The give and take of dowry has become essential because of some factors like a
limited region for match finding, the compulsion of child, marriage, decent marriage, education,
social status, and exhibition of wealth and status. Because of the dowry menace, innumerable
women have been burnt, tortured and compelled to commit suicide. We come across such news
every day.

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