DOWRY
OPINION
Why Pooja got 'mad'
Behind the entire media cacophony over Pooja Chauhan is a real story and a real person. The story is a familiar one. Of women, thousands of them, who
are harassed over dowry or over the gender of the child they birth, particularly if she turns out to be a girl, writes
Kalpana Sharma.
Kalpana Sharma
July 2007
OPINION / DOWRY
Why dowry will not die
Given the lack of any news about dowry deaths, dowry violence or dowry demands, one would have thought that the problem
had disappeared. Far from it. In fact, it has become far more entrenched and taken new forms. Dowry is a symptom of a
deeper disease that relates to how our society values women, writes
Kalpana Sharma.
Kalpana Sharma
March 2006
ANTI-DOWRY LEGISLATION
Destined to fail
The present day dowry system symbolizes the disinheritance of women and the resulting desperation of parents to push
their daughters out of their homes after marrying them off.
Madhu Purnima Kishwar
points to inherent flaws in the anti-dowry legislation, and argues that equal inheritance is the way forward.
Manushi, Issue #148
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Women's Laws
July 2005
A murderous arithmetic
It seems logical that if there are fewer potential brides,
dowries should tend to become lower, women's status
should improve.
However, the 'importation' of brides from poorer states -
and
sometimes even from Bangladesh - keeps
dowry
rates in Haryana high, despite alarming levels of
female infanticide.
Ranjit Devraj
reports.
July 2003
Hitting dowry for a six
Nisha Sharma probably represents the glimmer of a trend
that has already begun. Others have done it more quietly, perhaps. But the dramatic nature of Nisha's refusal to give in will give others, who are thinking of this, some courage.
June 2003
Marriage - A retail outlet
Alliances may be primed in heaven or in the matrimonial columns, but the great Indian dowry custom continues to rule society regardless of reforms and
regulations. A strong awareness that marriage is not a retail system will be a step in the right direction, says Indra Chopra.
April 2003
Rooted custom
Even if the media does not write about dowry deaths anymore as it did in the latter part of the
1970s and early 1980s, we must not fool ourselves
into believing that the problem has disappeared,
says Kalpana Sharma.
November 2002
The "say no to dowry" campaign
New initiative combines personal and institutional changes.
May 2002
Are our sisters and daughters for sale?
When will it all end, asks
Himendra Thakur
Includes state-wise data on dowry.
Intl. Society against Dowry and Bride-Burning in India
