THE DOWRY SYSTEM

The dowry system is yet another glaring example of social injustice. In my book Human Society,⁽¹⁾ I have already mentioned that the dowry system has two major causes: the first is economic, and the second is the numerical disparity between women and men. With the decreasing economic dependence of women on men, the inequity of the dowry system will cease to exist. But to expedite this process, it is essential to propagate high ideals among young men and women. Our sons and daughters are not commodities like rice, pulse, salt, oil or cattle that they can be haggled over in the marketplace.

Footnotes

(1) P.R. Sarkar, Human Society Part 1, 1959. –Trans.