Is bride burning for dowry,part of Indian culture?

Question

Is there any other country with similar conduct? bashing ,yes, but burning?? All those who boast of Indian culture, please answer.

Answer 1

I'm not Hindu, but I do have some Hindu friends. They say that bride burning has nothing to do with their dowry when they get married. It's something that the mother-in-law initiates (it is illegal, but still occurs) if the bride's husband dies. When the dead husband's body is set on fire and is being cremated, the mother-in-law usually pushes the bride into the fire, killing her.

Answer 2

Indian Bride Burning

Answer 3

No one worships women in so many forms as in Indian culture. It is lack of cultural values in some that there is bride burning or any other criminal activity. Who would say 'War is American culture' or 'Rape, Divorce, Remarriage or Murder is British culture' just because these have happened there.
Dowry is a bad word without much basis. When a man divides his property among his children in India, he usually does not give any share to his daughters because it is a practise in ancient Indian culture that the sons joined the father in his profession and business. Now when the sons continued to contribute all their life to the business of the father (even after the daughters were married and had gone) it does not make sense to give away an equal share of the entire property to the daughters when the man dies. Hence the practise of Dowry 'to give away the daughter's share of the property at the time of marriage'. Now if someone commits crime on the name of dowry or culture it does not mean we blame culture or a country for it.

Answer 4

An article in the series:
Watching the World, in 10-22-82 Awake! magazine, reported under: India’s Dowry Dilemma, that

In New Delhi alone, approximately 400 young Indian brides reportedly died last year in suspicious fires, & burnings continued to occur at a similar rate. “No amount of civilised debate can take away from the savagery of the traditional Indian marriage,” says India Today. Why does it happen? The girls are “victims of their in-laws’ lust for more & more dowry,” answers the periodical. The Hindu explains that customary Hindu dowry “is a deeply entrenched evil in the feudal Bhumihar and Rajput castes and parents demand and receive fabulous dowries for their sons.” If the girl’s family aren't able to pay the promised dowry, the in-laws often resort to legally-outlawed “bride burning” or “dowry death” to free their son for a better-paying bride. Very few are prosecuted for such murders.

In some parts of India, extravagant dowry demands have produced parents who cannot afford the dowry. These hire outlaw gangs --"marriage mercenaries"-- to kidnap a groom & bring him --at gunpoint-- to the altar. “It is much cheaper to employ toughs to secure eligible bachelors than pay an exorbitant dowry,” said one girl’s father to a reporter for The Hindu. After the wedding, he gang’s protection is available at extra charge. Hundreds of such kidnappings supposedly occur, with little interference from police.

You might like to compare
the stark differences (to that^) in these experiences:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1998/9/15/article_01.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1998/6/15/article_01.htm

Answer 5

No it's not a part of Indian culture. It's a crime according to Indian law, and a sin according to our cultural ethics.

Secondly, I agree that women are not burnt in other countries. But they are definitely strangled to death (Although reason is not dowry here).

Also the percentage of dowry system has gradually reclined here in India. Instead Indians haved managed to gather up their cultural values and treat each other with respect. Although their was a dark phase a little while ago, but the darkness is fading off.

Al lthe best...

:-)

Answer 6

Indian, women welfare bodies and Government irked by such shameful happenings have come out with a leagal solution. It is DOMESTIC VIOLANCE ACT" It is enough that a woman makes a simple complaint about the violance done to her
--even an abusing word which may cause a distress and anguish to her, not necessarily, physical assualt is enough to take legal actions against this inhuman act. At present , a person has been nominated at District levels.

This is not enough.. There should be a nominated person,preferably a senior advocate or a senior governent official either in service or retired one, in every police circle, so that access is easy and available close by.

This Act provides any woman a right to live in her marital house. Not only brides but old women also.

Government, women organisations are taking heavy hands against such acts.

NOW THAT THIS ACT IS AVAILABLE, EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO BLOW AWARENESS OUTTO EVERY NOOK AND C0RNER SO THAT MEN SHIVER AT THE WORD DOMESTIC VIOLANCE, AND, THE DIGNITY OF WOMENHOOD IS SAFEGUARDED. PROACTIVE MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN, BEFORE THE OCCURANCE OF SUCH EVENTS AND NOT AFTER THE CONSEQUENCES.

Though such sad events happen here and there, the person who has raised thequestion has tried to throw the blame on Indian culture. We are not killers. Tolerance, and, kindness is the essensce of Indian culture. It is a culture of generosity and magnanimity and not of barbarians. I regret for such a question blaming the culture instead of the individual culprits.

Sridhana in essence, was women's share of ancestral property. But the wageries of time has miscued the name as dowry and for some time as observed it was a cruel practice to demand dowry. This practice has been nailed down by law
and it is either not existing or has been subdued. Killings etc. do not occupy full pages of any news paper as has been exhibited by the questioner.

Such incidents should not happen, if the women organisations take up domestic violance Act on a major scale and as an important subject . It will be service that every TV channel do to women folk who form 90% of their viewership, They will justify their source of income. Awarenes is the only tool which will lift women high in the ladder of our society.

Indian culture has always held women in high esteedm. Mata, (mother), Pita(father), Guru(teacher),and theivam(God) is the order of reverance or worship.

Answer 7

No Country

Answer 8

There won't be able to be any foundation in any faith to burn the brides for no longer bringing dowry. this might desire to be completely condemned and that i've got faith there are annoying rules enacted with the help of government to handle those themes.

Answer 9

This not a part of indian culture but it is a sick mentality of the people, who thinks dowry is a part of marriage.

Answer 10

It is certainly not part of the Indian culture.
It is the greed factor of some Indian families.