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Widespread awareness against 'dowry' is the need of the hour

[email protected] (Nuha Fathima)
June 22, 2012
What will you give as a 'gift' to your daughter? This is one of the common questions from the groom's family in our towns prior to the marriage.
 

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The question itself is an indication of greed and an indirect expression of desire to become rich overnight. Yes, now a days, marriages have literally become a platform to rob!

 

What is the definition for the word 'gift'?  Any language in the world will define it as expression of the love in the form of an object with no demands or conditions.

 

Let us look into the marriages in our towns. Are the transactions happening under the pretext of 'gifts', truly gifts? Are those gifts given wholeheartedly and with love? Are they given without any demand?

 

The fact is that the bride's family begs, borrows loan, and sells the ancestral property, spends the savings of entire life just to afford this so called gift! The suitable word for this kind of gift is nothing but the cursed system of 'dowry'.

 

The rich use the marriage as a platform to showcase their wealth by giving luxury gifts and arranging lavish celebration. Though they can afford the money for such grand celebrations, it creates a dangerous impact in the society. Because, it is an undeniable fact that poor always imitate the rich. This illogic imitation has already ruined countless number of poor and middle class families.

 

Many well-educated families too try to imitate this bad tradition endangering their own future. Despite being educated, they are unfortunately unaware the fact that dowry lowers their status and dignity as it is nothing but a different form of begging.

 

It is very sad that our youth are very short-sighted. They don't even think that if they allow to continue the evil tradition of dowry, it will surely turn to be a curse for themselves when they become the fathers of girl children.

 

This practice cannot be eradicated just by a law or with some rules. The elimination of dowry system is possible only by changing the hearts of the people. Every individual should be aware about the evils of this practice. There is need to create widespread awareness programmes in order to establish a dowry free society and a dowry free country.

 

Is there anyone who can take the lead?

 

 

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June 24,2020

Mangaluru, June 24: Congress leader Ivan D’Souza has vowed to serve the poor and practice as a lawyer in the city, as he completed six years of tenure as a member of Karnataka legislative council on June 23. 

Expressing satisfaction about his work as an MLC, he said: “I’m one among the three MLCs who have 100% attendance in the council. Meanwhile, I’m the only council member to utilise the privilege of raising five questions in each session. I brought several major issues to the government through the questions and succeeded in finding solutions to the problems of people.”

“During my six years of tenure as a council member, I could bring sanctions to the tune of Rs 46 crore through various departments. Meanwhile, financial aid to the tune of Rs 13.24 crore has been distributed through Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to nearly 1,600 beneficiaries. I will continue to serve the poor on my own as an individual. For this, I have set up an office in the premises of my house,” Ivan said, adding that he has distributed grocery kits and other essential items to over 18,000 families during the lockdown period.

“I have successfully fulfilled my duties as the chief whip of the government in the council and also as the parliamentary secretary to revenue department in Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy governments, respectively,” he said. 

Ivan said his office in the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) building will be handed over to JD(S) MLC S L Boje Gowda. “My doors are always open for the people. I will strive to build the party in the state,” he added. 

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April 15,2020

Mumbai, Apr 15: A 35-year-old man, who worked as a priest in suburban Kandivali, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon, hours after learning that lockdown to contain coronavirus has been extended.

The deceased was identified as Krishna Pujari, native of Udupi in Karnataka, who was attached to Durga Mata temple in Iraniwadi area of Sanjay Nagar.

Pujari, who lived with three other priests, was waiting for the lockdown to end as he wanted to go back to his hometown, a police official said.

When he learnt that the lockdown has been extended till May 3, he was terribly depressed and allegedly hanged himself in kitchen, the official added.

No suicide note has been found, he said.

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August 9,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 9: karnataka's Health Minister B Sriramulu has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. He has been hospitalised and is being treated for Covid-19. The minister has also asked all of those who came in contact with him recently to take necessary precautions.

Sriramulu made the announcement in a series of tweets on Sunday. He said, “After symptoms of flu, I have tested positive for coronavirus today.”

“Under the leadership of Honorable Chief Minister (BS Yediyurappa), all the departments of the government, including my department, have been working hard against Covid-19. From the time of corona's appearance, I have had the opportunity to visit 30 districts and work in harmony with the government's desire to treat people well. It is in this backdrop that I am going to be hospitalized and treated,” B Sriramulu said.

Karnataka’s Health Minister also added, “All those who have been in contact with me recently have been requested to take precautionary measures.”

Earlier this month, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa also tested positive for Covid-19. The state's Leader of Opposition and former CM Siddaramaiah of the Congress also declared that his samples too had returned positive for the infection. Both of the leaders are undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at the privately-owned Manipal hospital in Bengaluru.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Karnataka has 79,773 active cases while a total of 89,238 patients have been discharged in the state after recovering from Covid-19 and 3091 have succumbed to it.

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