CURSE OF DOWRY

Material assets such as money or property that is provided by a bride to her husband at the time of their marriage is called dowry. Now-a-days it is a serious problem in our country. The causes of dowry are many. Illiteracy, unconsciousness, unemployment & lack of women empowerment are mainly responsible for this problem in our country. It is a curse for a nation. It has serious bad impact on the life of the women. It has made their life miserable. It is the main cause of torturing of women in the family. Women are inhumanly tortured and often killed for dowry. Sometimes they are forced to commit suicide. It also results in divorce. To remove this problem awareness should be raised among the people. We should make our girls properly educated and self-reliant. It is economic empowerment of women which certainly can reduce this problem. Education is must for their economic empowerment. Again, social awareness can play a vital role to reduce this problem. Government, electronic and print media, N.G.O’s and conscious people can also play an important role to remove this social curse.  In a word “we should not take dowry and we should not give dowry.”