Let us listen to the sane advice given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation on its 68th Independence day. The PM said it is a mistaken belief that sons will care for us in our old age, I have seen parents who have as many as five sons; yet are in old age homes. I have also seen parents having a single daughter and no sons but the single daughter looks after the parents well shouldering all their responsibilities.” Women all over the world are treated less than equal and are fighting for equality. But patriarchal traditions are a bit too firmly entrenched in Indian society as they have the sanction of religion. The system of dowry, which requires the bride’s parents to give gifts to the groom and his family that cost the former side a fortune, is unique to the Indian sub-continent. In addition, there is a lot of pomp and show and wastage in marriages and major portion of that has to be borne by the girl’s parents. Consequently, girls are considered a burden. Birth of a girl is sad news. Millions of girls are killed in the womb or soon after birth simply because they are girls. A number of girls are sold because parents don’t have money for their marriage. Luz Elena Eusse Lopez latest novel ‘Prisoners of Tradition, the Real Story, which is going to be published shortly is about dowry and other patriarchal traditions prevailing in the Indian society. ‘Prisoners of Tradition the Real Story’ is the story of Sudama’s daughters – Kusum, Juhi and Pallavi. Kusum is married to the son of Sudama’s wealthy friend Ghanshyam who professes to seek no dowry but is greedy within. Juhi sees through Ghanshyam’s evil plans but is too young to be taken seriously. All hell is let loose on Kusum on the wedding night itself. On the top of it she conceives a child which is found to be a girl. Pressure is mounted on her to abort the child but she does not want to do so. Help comes from unexpected quarters and also from her sister who becomes a lawyer. But will Kusum survive the monster of dowry? Will she be able to give birth to her daughter? Or will she be another addition to the number of dowry deaths in India? see https://youtube/watch?v=6C1It1GcHvU
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 04:12:27 +0000
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