Paragraph: Dowry System

 

(a) What is dowry?

(b) Is the dowry system a curse to the society?

(c) How is the system?

(d) How can it be a burden to a poor family?

(e) How are females treated in this system?

(f) What is the main reason of the bad effect of this system?

(g) What should the young people do to remove it?

(h) How can we solve this problem?

Dowry is an amount of money or property that a wife or her family is forced to pay to her husband when they get married. It was the social custom in the ancient time. But at present dowry is the social curse for our society. In this subcontinent more or less every family faces this problem. A poor family having a maiden faces a great problem due to dowry. They cannot arrange a marriage ceremony of their daughter because of the demand of the dowry. Parents or relatives of the bridegroom claim this dowry which cannot be easily fulfilled mostly. If the parents of the bride cannot pay according to the demand, the wife is kicked out from her husband’s house. The respective husband or the relatives of the husband are very stiff to this point. The domination of male over the female is the basis of this evil system. These types of customs are made by the male members of the family as well as the society. Our young generation should be made conscious about this curse. Proper initiatives should be taken to wipe out such heinous system. This system is still running directly or indirectly. It has become an essential part of the marriage in our society. The situation cannot be changed overnight. Postering, canvassing and making advertisement against this dowry system can be done. We can get rid of this system by developing our mentality. If we fail to stop this despicable system we will demoralize our own custom and culture of the society.