Are people in india ready for marriage?

             Are The Women of India Ready for Marriage?
             We have all heard of absurd things happening in the past concerning spousal abuse and beatings; however, here in the United States we are not familiar with such violent abuse as which is present in India. For decades now, women in India have been being killed over their dowry payments at marriage. Men and their families have become overly greedy and in turn make it so that women have no way of meeting the standards that the husband's family has at marriage. In the past decade, despite India's economic gains, which often bring an increased appetite for more money, the practice of wife killing has grown dramatically worse (Women's International Network News 1996). "It is perhaps the world's most horrific example of how women can be fatally caught in collision of modern consumerism and cultural traditions" (Women's International Network News 1996).
             A dowry is the property that a woman brings to her husband at the time of the marriage. The dowry apparently originated in the giving of a marriage gift by the family of the bridegroom to the bride and the bestowal of money upon the bride by her parents. One purpose of the dowry was to provide support for the wife on the husband's death, and thus it was related remotely to the rights of dower (Women's International Network News 1991). In such countries as India, the dowry is an important form of property. Among India's middle and upper-class families, the dowry demands have heightened to things such as: TVs, VCRs, furniture, refrigerators, and even cars (Women's International Network News 1991). This poses a problem when there is not enough money in the bride's family to supply the dowry that is demanded.
             In many cases, when a family has a baby girl their first reaction is that they will have problems with the future dowry at their marriage. As with many other cultures th...

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