Dowry law in India

marriages, rather than marriages built by “love” which commonly occurs in western civilizations. In India most of the marriages are either chosen by a third party or most likely the parents. The biggest religion in India is Hinduism. Hinduism is a religion that consists of arranged marriages…

Papathi, mother of Sivananda Perumal is one of the key characters in the novel. She easily represents a type of character in Indian literature i.e. that of an aggressive and arrogant mother-in-law. She is notorious for her lashing tongue and selfish nature. As her husband, Kannu Pillai has been suffering from some disease, she has mercilessly driven him out of her house thereby falsifying the high ideal of a Hindu wife. “Kannu Pillai, the father was a sick man. His face was swollen with…

house and the decline of the family business is a metaphor for the decline of old middle class values in modern India. It shows that Chaudhuri has great concern for Indian values coated in Bengali sensibility. Transition and change have redefined life and transformed its contours at personal, social and economic…

cultures and backgrounds. Love, longing and losses are dexterously handled in a humane manner articulating diasporic experiences of the novelist who is an Indian citizen but a permanent resident of America. Kiran Desai is deeply interested in India- the India of 1980s which honestly represents the mixed image .Desai observes everything through the ‘lens of being Indian,’ without that perspective she acknowledged that she can’t write. The Inheritance of Loss is a novel of implacable bitterness…

Reasons for carrying out forced marriages include; strengthening and extending family links, keeping the wealth in the extended family, the couple has a firm trust in their in-laws, at least in most of the cases. This keeps the families united and happy. There are no social, ethical or cultural setbacks after a forced/arranged marriage in most cases. One of the most powerful reasons for arranged/forced marriages is finding a…

At one time in society, there was an uneven distribution of power between the ruling class and the class that was being ruled. In these feudal societies, there was very little chance for members of either class to cross over. Then, a drastic change occurred and the ideas of capitalism and industrialization were being introduced all over the world. Some of the societies accepted this change and became what was known as the capitalist society. Many theorists attempt to explain and simplify these…

been a problem for the past many years, but however, nothing has ever been done to change this. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India once said, “You can tell the condition of a Nation by looking at the status of its Women." However, a lot has changed over the years. Sex trafficking, female genital mutilation, harassment, marriage laws, dowry, military services, schooling, health and many…

people. Someday we’ll be ruined just because of her” (Tagore 251). Also, if a girl has grown up, the family will send them off to marry someone. One of the reason to girls being regarded as such perhaps because it is the girl who needs to prepare dowry and not the man. Tagore depicts this scenario in this short story where Kamala’s family married her to someone which analogically is like passing down the burden to someone…

In Indian society, marriages are inextricably linked to a caste system, with its roots in religion. To marry out of your caste is considered unacceptable, often even resulting in honour killings. Even though laws in India allows inter-caste marriage, it does little to protect those who do marry outside their caste. In this novel, inter-caste marriage can be seen in the marriage of Anand and Neelima. Anand is a Telugu Brahmin while Neelima is a Maharashtrian Brahmin…

equality in India is directly connected with education broadening their minds. The traditional women did not have the wisdom to know that they were being wronged and even if they did they were helpless because society frowned upon them if they tried to even voice their opinion: Do you know that my sister was sent back home for many months because ... in all innocence, she asked her husband if he would teach her to read the time? They said she was ignorant and unfit to be the daughter-in-law of…