Dowry: a social stigma | | In spite of modernization and the increasing role of women in all walks of life‚ the practice of the dowry in India is becoming widespread‚ and the value of dowry is increasing. Now the dowry has become a great criterion in the marriages instead of a proper bride. If a bride’s family fails to pay the amount of dowry demanded by the prospective groom’s family‚ the bride will be cruelly treated by the in-laws‚ and in many cases will be burnt to death. “No dowry
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Introduction ‘’Any Youngman who makes dowry a condition for marriage discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood.’’ ---- Gandhiji From the time immemorial the crime against the women existed ‚only pattern varied with time and place. Women always have been at receiving end of male dominated
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History of India [pic] The History of India can be traced in fragments to as far back as 700‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ one of the oldest in the world‚ dates back at least 5‚000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis‚ the Aryans‚ a nomadic people‚ possibly from Central Asia or northern Iran migrated into the north-west regions of the Indian subcontinent between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE. Their inter-mingling with the earlier Dravidian cultures apparently resulted
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The Dowry system in India was never intended to lead to the abuse of women. It was traditionally employed as a way of showing love to the daughter who was entering a new phase of her life as a married woman. It qualified her to become a full member of the new family system and she wasn’t seen as a hindrance or drain on the new family’s resources. It was only after British Colonial rule that this standard within Hinduism mutated into what it is today. Agricultural farming people began to be taxed
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GEOG-105C-02 Semester: Fall 2013 Professor’s Name: Prof. Silva Meybatyan Student’s Name: Pooja Adhikari Student Contact: (202)- 664-4294(Cell Phone) Email: pooja.adhikari@udc.edu Title of Assignment: Dowry System in India Certification of Authorship: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data‚ ideas or
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who may have been pushed down into south India when the Aryans‚ with their more advanced military technology‚ commenced their migrations to India around 2‚000 BCE. Excavations conducted in the ancient cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa point to a highly complex civilization‚ they had road‚ sewage systems and gathering centers. These cities were urban and were not very agricultural. The Indus Valley Civilization offers first evidence of literacy in Indian history. 1700 BC Indus Valley Civilization declines
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History of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about the history of the Indian subcontinent prior to the partition of India in 1947. For the modern Republic of India‚ see History of the Republic of India. For Pakistan and Bangladesh‚ see History of Pakistan and History of Bangladesh. "Indian history" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Native American history. Part of a series on the | History of India | | Chronology of Indian
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THE DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT 1961 ACT NO. 28 OF 1961 [20th May‚ 1961] An Act to prohibit the giving or taking of dowry. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows.1. Short title‚ extent and commencement. 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Dowry Prohibition Act‚ 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jam and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date’ as the Central Government may‚ by notification
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Page 1 : India is a South Asian countries‚ accounting for most of peninsular India. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south‚ the Arabian Sea on the south-west‚ and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east Indian border with Pakistan‚ China‚ Myanmar‚ Bangladesh‚ Nepal‚ Bhutan and Afghanistan. Its the 7th largest country in the world and the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people Page 2: India has Indus civilization ‚ it had strong development 5000 years ago India is the birthplace
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