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... India is the world’s largest democracy in terms of population. ...
An example of this is dowry or dowry burning. Dahej is the Hindi word for dowry; of which there are many different definitions in the various parts of India. For example, in Punjab (north India), dowry is viewed as compensation related to the institutions of hyper gamy (Kumari 3). ... On the other hand, in southern India sociologists have analyzed the dowry as a female inheritance. This whole idea of dowry may shock many people that have never heard or seen anything like this before, and rightfully so.
Dowry is defined as any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given by one party bride’s parents of the marriage to the other marriage party after the wedding. Over the recent years, studies show that there has been an increase of divorce cases in relation to dowry. The statistics show that in the last two years the cases of dowry harassment have in fact gone up in a number of cities (cities. ... According to police sources, everyday two cases related to dowry come to their attention.
There are many cases such as Rajashri Gunjal’s, a teenaged newly wed, that supposedly ended her life because her husband and her in-laws were harassing her over dowry demand, and this is very unusual for most Americans to grasp.
Approximate Word count = 1120
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