INTRODUTION

 A WOMAN WHO MARRIES A MAN NOT

ONLY SATISFIES HIS PHYSICAL NEED, BUT
ALSO BECOMES HIS FRIEND AND PHILOSOPHER
BY BRINGING PEACE AND CONTENTMENT IN
HIS LIFE. THAT’S WHY IT IS THOUGHTFULLY
SAID THAT WIFE IS THE BETTER HALF OF MAN.
INSPITE OF THIS WONDERFUL ASPECT, IT IS
MOST UNFORTUNATE THAT A WOMAN HAS TO
BE MARRIED TO A MAN ALONGWITH MONEY
AND MATERIAL.
AIM
 TO ACQUAINT THE TRAINEES
WITH THE ANTI DOWRY DRIVE BY
DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT THAT
MARRIAGE IS NOT A MEAN OF
BUSINESS BUT A NOBLE AND PIOUS
ACT OF BRINGING ABOUT AN
EVERLASTING RELATIONSHIP AND
PARTERSHIP BETWEEN A MAN AND
WOMAN.
AIM
 DOWRY IS A SOCIAL CUSTOM OF
PRESENTING A BRIDEGROOM WITH
MONEY OR MATERIAL OR BOTH
BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER THE
MARRIAGE. DOWRY IS THE
PROPERTY WHICH A WOMAN BRINGS
TO HER HUSBAND IN MARRIAGE.
PREVIEW
 THIS LECTURE WILL BE COVERED
IN FOUR PHASES :-
 EFFECT OF DOWRY ON PARENTS.
 EFFECT OF DOWRY ON BRIDE.
 ANTI DOWRY MEASURES TAKEN
BY THE GOVT.
 ROLE OF ANOS.
 EFFECT OF DOWRY ON PARENTS
 ALL PARENTS ARE NOT RICH ENOUGH
TO PAY DOWRY, FOR MOST OF THE PARENTS,
THE MARRIAGE COST ITSELF TAKES AWAY
THEIR LIFE LONG SAVINGS AND PROPERTY.
THUS TO PAY DOWRY THEY HAVE TO BORROW
LARGE SUM OF MONEY OR SELL OFF THEIR
OWN LAND OR HOUSE. ALL THESE PUT THEM
IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION IN THEIR OLD
AGE AND THEIR RETIRED LIFE BECOMES
PAINFUL AND UNBEARABLE.
EFFECT OF DOWRY ON BRIDE
 BEFORE MARRIAGE
 ANXIETY AND FEAR WHETHER

PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO

ARRANGE FOR THE REQUIRED SUM
OF MONEY.
 FEELING OF SADNESS THAT HER

PARENTS HAD TO STRUGGLE VERY

HARD TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR
MONEY.
EFFECT OF DOWRY ON BRIDE
 FEELING THAT SHE HAS BECOME A
BURDEN TO HER PARENTS.
 FEELING OF FEAR WHETHER SHE
WILL BE HAPPY WITH A MAN WHO
IS MORE AFTER DOWRY THAN ON
GETTING A LIFE PARTNER.
 FEELING OF REJECTION THAT SHE
HAD TO BORN AS A WOMAN.
 EFFECT OF DOWRY ON BRIDE
 AFTER MARRIAGE
 FEELING OF UNHAPPINESS THAT SHE
HAS TO COME TO A HOUSE WHERE MONEY
HAS MORE VALUE THAN HUMAN BEINGS.
 AN UNEASY FEELING THAT SHE HAS
PURCHASED HER HUSBAND.
 FEELING OF INSECURITY THAT THE
HUSBAND OR HIS PARENTS MAY DEMAND
MORE DOWRY.
EFFECT OF DOWRY ON BRIDE

 FEELING THAT SHE SHOULD

NOT HAVE MARRIED AT ALL.
 FEELING OF DEJECTION AT
TIME LEADING SO SUICIDE.
 A CONSTANT FEAR THAT HER
GREEDY-IN-LAWS AND HUSBAND
MAY HURRORS OR EVEN KILL.
 ANTI DOWRY MEASURES
 DOWRY PROHIBITORY ACT, 1961
HAS BANNED THE PRACTICE OF DOWRY
BUT IN REALITY ALL THAT THE LAW
DIES IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
PROBLEM EXISTS. IT IS VIRTUALLY
UNHEARD OF FOR A HUSBAND OR HIS
FAMILY TO BE SUED FOR INSISTING ON
TAKING A DOWRY.
 PUBLICITY AGAINST DOWRY
THROUGH MASS COMMUNICATION
MEDIA.
ANTI DOWRY MEASURES
 AMENDMENTS TO IPC-490
AND INTRODUCTION OF SEC 490A
AND 304B TO THE INDIAN PENAL
CODE.

 VIGILANCE AND ACTIONS BY

LAW ENFORCING AUTHORITIES.
REASON FOR EXISTENCE OF THE
MENACE INSPITE OF GOVT ACTION

 LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF ANTI

DOWRY LAWS.

 LACK OF EDUCATION, BLIND

FAITH IN FATE I.E. ACCEPTING
WHATEVER HAPPENS.
REASON FOR EXISTENCE OF THE
MENACE INSPITE OF GOVT ACTION
 GENERAL APATHY OF THE
PUBLIC BY NOT REPORTING THE
MATTER TO THE POLICE. THE
NUMBER OF CASES OF CRUETLY BY
HUSBANDS AND IN LAWS WAS
REPORTED TO BE A MEAGRE 25,946
IN 1994 AS AGAINST 11,603 IN 1983.

 ACCEPTING DOWRY IS AN AGE

OLD TRADITION.
 ROLE OF ANO
 ARRANGE SEMINARS, DEBATES OR
SPEECHES BY SOCIAL WORKERS IN
THE FIELD.
 INFORM POLICE IN CASE OF
DOWRY.
 GET THE ACTS AND ARTICLES OF
CONSTITUTION AGAINST DOWRY
PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTE AMONG THE
CADETS.
ROLE OF ANO
 BRING OUT THE ILL EFFECTS
OF DOWRY SYSTEM THROUGH
DRAMA, STREET PLAYS ETC.
 ADOPT VILLAGES AND EDUCATE
THE YOUNG WOMAN THAT
HARASSMENT FOR DOWRY SHOULD
NOT BE ACCEPTED AS FATE BY THEM.
 LIAISE WITH SOCIAL SERVICE
ORGANISATION WHO ARE WORKING
IN THE FIELD AND RENDER YOUR
HELP.
ROLE OF ANO

 CONDUCT ESSAY, PAINTING AND SUCH

OTHER COMPETITIONS ON THIS SUBJECT.

 APPROACH MASS COMMUNICATION

MEDIA AND PROJECT YOUR VIEWS.

 MOTIVATE CADETS, STUDENTS AND

YOUTH TO TAKE ANTI-DOWRY PLEDGE.
CONCLUSION
 DOWRY MENACE IS A DARK PATCH ON
ANY CIVILIZED SOCIETY. THE EXISTENCE OF
THIS MENACE IS AN INDICATION OF TALK OF
MORALE COMPARISON AND FELLOW FEELINGS
IN THE SOCIETY IN GENERAL. THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF ERADICATING THIS
MENACE IS MORE WITH ANOS AND THE CADETS
AS THEM BELONG TO A DISCIPLINED SOCIAL
SERVICE ORGANISATION. THEY SHOULD PUT
THEIR HEART AND SOUL TO ROOT OUT THIS
EVIL.
 Note

 Ser Course Code Time

 1. PRCN SS-4 40 mins

 2. Refresher M-17 40 mins

 3. PRCN Non Inf SS-4 40 mins

 4. O/JCO & NCO SS-3 40 mins