Torture for dowry are still prevalent in Tamil Nadu, South India

[aninditasen]

Tortures by the husband and in-laws for dowry is still prevalent in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. A few days back a young woman from Tamil Nadu committed suicide few dayds after her marriage not being able to tolerate the torture of her husband and in-laws. She did confide to her father that her husband and his family was torturing her but he asked her to adjust. She wrote a suicide note to her father " not anymore " before her death. It's the woman's family who should protest against dowry. Better keep the daughter at home than allow her die at the hands of her husband and in-laws.

 

[pousinha]

I'm understanding women in your country averagely should avoid marriage at whatever cost (in the past, I had heard even cases of murder for the sake of dowry in your country: my history and geography school books reported such a happening). Better to emigrate elsewhere if they don't like singleness. That's another reason why a high (or at least medium) educational level is essential: it helps to find a job abroad.

 

[Kross]

If this happens in my own country. I would just make up my mind never to marry. I can't stand the humiliation

 

[Starmix]

It was brutal. Why is there dowry? That's only done by Muslims. That is a barbaric culture. It must be phased out. We are now in this digital world. The wife better left her husband .

 

[pousinha]

Why is there dowry? That's only done by Muslims.

Hindus also, not only Muslims. Based on my history and geography books during my school's times, the families of husbands in such Indian regions are very greedy and men marry with the only purpose of obtaining a fortune for their parents.

 

[Sanjeev]

This is one thing which should be eliminated from the society. It's the fault of woman's family, they should have called her to their home and should have complained the case. She might have been saved.

 

[aninditasen]

I'm understanding women in your country averagely should avoid marriage at whatever cost (in the past, I had heard even cases of murder for the sake of dowry in your country: my history and geography school books reported such a happening). Better to emigrate elsewhere if they don't like singleness. That's another reason why a high (or at least medium) educational level is essential: it helps to find a job abroad.

No all women get the chance to higher education as it's very costly. Moreover still in India parents don't want to invest on daughter's education but get them married as soon as possible.

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If this happens in my own country. I would just make up my mind never to marry. I can't stand the humiliation

The girls parents have to understand that and not get them married to families who demand dowry.

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This is one thing which should be eliminated from the society. It's the fault of woman's family, they should have called her to their home and should have complained the case. She might have been saved.

Why at all did the father get her married to a family that demanded dowry. It's the girls parents who should take the initiative to wipe out dowry which is illegal in India.

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It was brutal. Why is there dowry? That's only done by Muslims. That is a barbaric culture. It must be phased out. We are now in this digital world. The wife better left her husband .

The father asked her to adjust. So I think the father should be punished first. He pushed his own daughter to death.

 

[eLdavis]

People still do things like this in this time and age? Only God knows what the woman went through before she finally choose suicide.

 

[Sanjeev]

@aninditasen it's hard to recognise people because there are people in the society who at the time of marriage don't demand dowry but after the marriage they exploit the girl and ask to arrange dowry from her parents which is very sad.

 

[pousinha]

Those people who demand dowry by threatening (especially when deceiving, asking for dowry after marriage) should be severely punished by criminal laws. I agree with @Starmix: it's a barbaric culture. It should be fought by any means.

 

[Starmix]

Those people who demand dowry by threatening (especially when deceiving, asking for dowry after marriage) should be severely punished by criminal laws. I agree with @Starmix: it's a barbaric culture. It should be fought by any means.

Indeed, it is a barbaric culture. That kind of money-making is obsolete. That was done during the primitive time when technology was not yet on Earth.

 

[Augusta]

Does issues like this still exist. Parents should not get their children tortured this way for no just cause. it's not a crime to be single

 

[pousinha]

Does issues like this still exist. Parents should not get their children tortured this way for no just cause. it's not a crime to be single

Among some cultures, parents don't value their children at all. It looks like children are considered a mere source of income.

 

[Augusta]

Among some cultures, parents don't value their children at all. It looks like children are considered a mere source of income.

You can imagine some parents mindset. This can't even seems right. Birthed a child to just come suffer them.