Look at the rich people. They have been able to amass wealth. Some of them have earned through unfair means. They give that ill-gotten money to their daughters by way of dowry. In the doers times even ankhs of rupees are by way of dowry by them to their daughters. The bride-groom sometimes charges all the expenses of education with a scooter, a car and many other luxuries. Thus a custom has been going on to give something to the daughter who establish their own hones in the new environments.
Women were honored in our country since olden times. They were good fighters and administrators. Women saints were in India and they preached all that they knew. We find their references in the ancient scriptures. Ni Japan could be complete without the presence of women. In Lord Rama’s times, the golden image of Sita was prepaid for taking part in the Yahan.
We notice that in our country, women have been honored since history began its march on his sacred soil.
But in the medieval times, the conditions became worse and the dowry system, child marriage, parade system ect., made the position of the women worded that it had been in early times of history.
But modern India has trying again to raise her status in the society. India has got millions of poor people. India is a rural country and more than 80 percent people belong to the rural areas. Therefore the poor people cannot follow this custom in the strictest sense. The demands to dowry are extra burden on the parents of the girls. The parents have to arrange for education and marriages of a numbers of sons and daughter and therefore they have to arrange for and more money for that purpose with a great difficulty. The poor man cannot afford much money.
