dowry The customary practice of giving bridal gifts to our daughters on their marriage has taken the form of the evil practice of dowry. It is that evil that has permeated all sections of Indian society, forcing several parents toward penury. I am saddened and distressed at the sight of hundreds of thousands of girls and their parents who are forced to suffer at the hands of the greedy groom family. If the girl's parents fail to fulfil their greed, the girl is either forced to commit suicide or killed. Yes, in both ways the girl is doomed. Do we girls deserve this treatment? With a majority of the population in India below the poverty line, parents find it hard to fulfil demands of groom's family, since this is not just about bridal gifts, but more about forced demands from the groom and his family. In a majority of the cases, dowry is the root cause of the problem of female feticide. Would you disagree? Since parents of the girl know they would be forced to sub
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