Saturday, October 25, 2008

Crime Profile of Maharashtra : Dowry Deaths Mainstream 22Sep2001

Crime Profile of Maharashtra : Dowry Deaths
Published Mainstream 22 Sept 2001
Dowry is undoubtedly a stigma on the Indian society. A girl leaves her parental house around the age of 20 years and accepts the matrimonial house as her home where she would spend the rest of life. Her well-being, sense of security, confidence and empowerment, everything depends on the treatment that she gets during the initial period immediately after the marriage. The menace of dowry torture increased so much during the last twenty years that now it has become a threat to the sense of well-being of the newly married girl.
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