Is Dowry good or bad?
Dowry is not just a word, it holds the history of our India and I think, it holds back the future as well. First of all, let me tell you what dowry is. It is given by a father to his daughter in her marriage, because either the father is forced by the Groom’s family or by his own joy and bliss. Dowry has been an ancient tradition in our India and it is good as long as it is given happily and blissfully. But if I see recent years, it is no longer a tradition only; it has become a core-crime or height of cruelty for the daughter’s family. I hear so many cases about dowry and there are many aspects of it. It means different person to person. Let’s take an example of a rich father, who gets his daughter married to a wealthy and young boy. Now he may give an expensive car, a flat, a bungalow or many other prestigious things. Rich father may give everything happily whatever seems possible to make his daughter and her in-laws happy. Former scenario is happy a...