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Journal articles on the topic "Dowry – India"

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K, Mohammed Nabeel, and Sumathy M. "Dowry and Domestic Violence Against Women In India." Technoarete Transactions on Advances in Social Sciences and Humanities 2, no. 1 (May 23, 2022): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.36647/ttassh/02.01.a001.

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Domestic violence is a serious human rights and public health issue, with physical and mental health implications. The five basic components of domestic violence in Indian contexts are emotional abuse, physical violence, sexual violence, honour killing, dowry-related abuse, and death. The purpose of this study is to investigate domestic violence experienced by Indian women, particularly as a result of dowry and associated difficulties. Secondary data from NCRB, NFHS, and NCM were used in the study. According to the survey, dowry is the leading cause of domestic violence against women in India. Dowry-related deaths in India are falling year after year, which is a good indicator. There is always a need to educate rural India about the negative aspects of dowry. Domestic violence is prevalent in our community, and it has unspoken consequences for a woman's economical well-being, physical and mental health, and, as a result, society as a whole. Keyword : Domestic Violence, Dowry, Women empowerment, Spousal Violence, Sexual Violence.
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Latha, K. S., and R. Narendra. "Dowry Death: Implications of Law." Medicine, Science and the Law 38, no. 2 (April 1998): 153–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002580249803800212.

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The giving of dowry on marriage is a widespread custom in India, but the attitude of society towards this practice is neither uniform nor consistent. ‘Dowry death’ is the result of a unique form of violence suffered by Indian women. The existing legal provisions relating to dowry and dowry deaths are summarized, and the role of the Indian Penal Code is discussed. Case reports are presented.
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Pallikadavath, Saseendran, and Tamsin Bradley. "DOWRY, ‘DOWRY AUTONOMY’ AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN IN INDIA." Journal of Biosocial Science 51, no. 3 (July 30, 2018): 353–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932018000226.

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SummaryDowry practice, women’s autonomy to use dowry (‘dowry autonomy’) and the association of these with domestic violence were examined among young married women in India. Data were taken from the ‘Youth in India: Situation and Needs Study’ carried out in six Indian states during 2006–07. A total of 13,912 women aged 15–24 years were included in the study. About three-quarters of the women reported receiving a dowry at their marriage, and about 66% reported having the ability to exercise autonomy over the use of it – ‘dowry autonomy’. Dowry given without ‘dowry autonomy’ was found to have had no protective value against young women experiencing physical domestic violence in India. While women’s participation in paid employment increased the odds of them experiencing physical domestic violence, women’s education and marrying after the age of 18 years reduced the likelihood of experiencing physical domestic violence.
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Agarwal, Renu. "Deciphering Dowry Deaths in India." Contemporary Social Sciences 27, no. 2 (April 1, 2018): 150–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.29070/27/57476.

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Dr. Shilpa Jain. "Domestic Violence Legislation In India- An Appraisal." Legal Research Development: An International Refereed e-Journal 1, no. II (December 30, 2016): 01–09. http://dx.doi.org/10.53724/lrd/v1n2.02.

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India became independent in 1947 and adopted a Constitution in 1950, which remains in force today.1 Part III of the Constitution protects fundamental rights, including the right to life, which has been interpreted to mean the right to live a life with dignity and free from violence.2 The Constitution also empowers the State to take affirmative measures to protect women under Article 15.3 The Indian Parliament has often invoked Article 15 to pass special legislative or executive measures to protect women, which have generally been upheld by the CourtsIt took India fourteen years after independence to pass its first law directly relating to violence against women. In 1961, the Dowry Prohibition Act (DPA) came into effect which penalized not only taking but giving of dowry. However, the Act did not effectively curb the practice of dowry.5 The Indian Parliament later passed Dowry Prohibition (Amendment) Acts in 1984 and 1986, but their impact was as negligible as that of the 1961 Act.6
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Pertiwi, Wiwik Sukarni. "Implementasi CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) di India: Studi Kasus Diskriminasi Perempuan dalam Tradisi Pemberian Dowry/Mahar." Indonesian Journal of Global Discourse 3, no. 1 (July 31, 2021): 55–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.29303/ijgd.v3i1.29.

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis bagaimana implementasi CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) terhadap diskriminasi perempuan dalam tradisi pemberian dowry di India. Penelitian ini menggunakan konsep feminisme untuk mengetahui permasalahan diskriminasi perempuan yang ditimbulkan dari budaya dowry di India, konsep good governance untuk mengetahui bagaimana peran pemerintahan India dalam mengatasi permasalahan dowry di negaranya dan konsep organisasi internasional untuk mengetahui apa saja peranan organisasi internasional dalam membantu India menyelesaikan masalah diskriminasi yang ditimbulkan oleh budaya dowry tersebut. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif-kualitatif, yang menggunakan data sekunder melalui studi pustaka sebagai teknik pengumpulan data. Penelitian ini dianalisis melalui lima tahapan, yakni membaca, melihat signifikansi, klasifikasi data, mencari pola dan konstruktsi framework. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kekerasan dalam hal tradisi pemberian dowry termasuk dalam kekerasan kultural, karena dowry ini muncul dari tradisi Hindu yang mengharuskan pengantin perempuan membayar dowry kepada pengantin laki-laki sebelum menikah. Dalam menyelesaikan masalah diskriminasi perempuan di negaranya, pemerintah India tidak hanya sendiri, namun juga dibantu oleh organisasi Internasional seperti UN Women dan CARE.
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Oktaviani, Jusmalia, and Siti Muti'ah Setiawati. "KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH INDIA DALAM MENGATASI MASALAH�DOWRY DEATHS�." Jurnal Dinamika Global 2, no. 01 (April 11, 2018): 114–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.36859/jdg.v2i01.34.

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This study explains about the policy of the Indian governmentin addressing the problem of �dowry deaths� in India. Dowrydeaths itself is a term for a murder or violence against wives inwhich performed by the husband or the husband's familybecause of the inability of the wife to meet the demand of payingthe dowry. The impact of the tradition of giving dowry is not onlythe death of the wives, but also the impact on the discriminationover the women and selective abortion of female fetuses. Thenumber of victims of dowry death reached more than 8000deaths per year.The phenomenon of dowry deaths required the Indiangovernment to intervene to resolve the issue. Indian governmenthave managed to make some policies, it covers the application ofthe rules of prohibiting dowry in the marriage that began with theDowry Prohibition Act of 1961, that punish the offender of dowrydeath with the threat of no less than seven years in prison; andalso, some policies to provide financial incentives to daughter, toprohibit the sex-selective abortion to female fetuses. In addition,the Indian central government's policy is also supported by theinitiative of the state government to initiate several relatedpolicies such as banning ultrasound technology, forbiddingabortion, as well as providing incentives to girls, and variousother policies. Although the government has been implementingvarious policies, but the weakness of law enforcement caused bythe strong patriarchal culture in society is one reason why thesepolicies are less effective in preventing loss of life because of'dowry deaths'.
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JEYASEELAN, VISALAKSHI, SHUBA KUMAR, L. JEYASEELAN, VISWANATHAN SHANKAR, BIJESH KUMAR YADAV, and SHRIKANT I. BANGDIWALA. "DOWRY DEMAND AND HARASSMENT: PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS IN INDIA." Journal of Biosocial Science 47, no. 06 (January 19, 2015): 727–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932014000571.

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SummaryThe practice of dowry is widespread in India and refers to the payment of cash/gifts by the bride's family to the bridegroom's family before marriage. Though prohibited by law, dowry is widely practised, and often contributes to severe injuries and even death of young brides. This study examined the prevalence and risk factors for dowry demand and dowry harassment and its psychosocial correlates across different social strata in India, and also by husband and mother-in-law characteristics. In a cross-sectional survey of 9938 women in rural, urban and urban non-slum sites across India conducted in 1998–99, dowry demand was found to be significantly higher (p<0.001) in the urban non-slum and rural areas (26% and 23% respectively) than in urban slum areas (18%). Overall, 17% of groom's families were not satisfied with the dowry, this being higher in rural areas (21%) than in urban slum and non-slum areas (about 14% in both). The overall prevalence of dowry harassment among this group of women was 13.3%. Mothers-in-law who had themselves experienced dowry demand were 14 (95% CI 5.0–40.4) and 5 (95% CI 1.3–18.9) times more likely to demand and harass daughters-in-law over dowry, respectively. Another significant risk factor for dowry-related harassment was mother-in law's status in the family. Interventions related to modifiable risk factors, such as increased social support at the community level, should help reduce dowry harassment.
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Verma, M. P. "“An analysis of dowry and dowry offences in India”." VIDHIGYA: The Journal of Legal Awareness 12, no. 1 (2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-4533.2017.00001.x.

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Banerjee, Priya R. "Dowry in 21st-Century India." Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 15, no. 1 (July 29, 2013): 34–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524838013496334.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Dowry – India"

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Uddin, Azhar, and Azhar Uddin. "Household Income Mobility and Dowry: Evidence from India." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624152.

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This paper examines the impact of dowry on household income mobility in Indian context. Dowry has many adverse effects in the society. Dowry, a key component of the extravagant wedding celebrations that are part of Indian culture, may act as a hindrance on efficacy of poverty alleviation programs. We utilize the two rounds of Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) data to evaluate if dowry expenditure on a daughter’s marriage can explain the income mobility and possibly if it forces some households into poverty trap. Regression results suggest that dowry expenditure constitutes a significant financial burden to high income households contrary to the anecdotal belief that it more adversely affects lower income households.
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Arya, Anwesha. "Dowry in tradition and text : śāstra, statute and the 'living law' of dowry as sadācāra in India." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2012. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/16639/.

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Jehan, Katherine. "Gender, globalisation and the growth of dowry in south India." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550814.

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This research explores men and women's gendered experiences of dowry against a backdrop of socio-economic change. In recent decades, South India has seen a substantial increase in the quantum of goods and money exchanged at marriage and an adoption of the practice by more and more communities. These changes in a hitherto 'dowryless' region have occurred in tandem with the nation's period of economic reform. Drawing on data collected using ethnographic research methods in the state of Tamil Nadu, the research sets out to understand the growth in dowry through the meanings that people assign it. It asks the following key questions: if changes in the practice of dowry are occurring, how do men and women conceptualise the changes? How far do they support dowry themselves? Do they consider the present socio-economic context to mitigate, or intensify their support for dowry? By exploring these questions, it seeks to analyse the extent to which globalisation is currently redefining gender ideologies. By examining the inter-generational picture, it explores the extent to which support for dowry intersects with contemporary variables, and how it is contextualised among gendered identities. The study counters much previous neglect of male experiences and struggles, arguing that an understanding of how both men and women conceptualise dowry will further the likelihood of constructing an appropriate response to what is considered a 'social problem'. The research finds that multiple meanings of modernity and globalisation inform processes of change affecting dowry. Though marriage payments are growing in the region, men and women's support for the trend is not uniform. Ideologies surrounding marriage and dowry are subjects for negotiation, with responses to dowry ranging from increasing conservatism, to equivocation, to resistance and protest. The study deploys a framework for understanding these diverse perspectives, arguing that such diversity offers hope for a problem proven unresponsive to intervention. Nevertheless, the research suggests that globalisation has transformed rather than eroded articulations of patriarchy. Changes in social and material conditions have yet to challenge the normative patriarchal order, and may, in some instances, embed and even amplify them.
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Sahni, Tarmeen K. "Domestic Violence Within Asian-Indian Communities: Does Acculturation Affect The Rate of Reported Domestic Violence?" NSUWorks, 2009. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/63.

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The present study examined acculturation among Asian-Indians, residing in the United States and Canada, and explored: (1) whether acculturation can predict reporting of domestic violence, (2) how acculturation between Asian-Indians immigrants and US/Canadian born Asian-Indians is related to reporting domestic violence, and (3) how traditional practices such as arranged marriage and/or dowry influence the relationship between acculturation and domestic violence. Participants (N=100) were administered the Acculturation Scale for Asian Indians (ASAI; Parekh, 2000) and the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2; Straus, 1996). Results demonstrated that acculturation was not found to be a good predictor of physical assault or psychological aggression and that acculturation was not significantly related to physical assault or psychological aggression. Significant results were found for birth status and acculturation. Traditional arranged marriage and dowry could not be addressed due to the low number of participants that could be classified into these variables. Therefore, a qualitative analysis was conducted. Factors influencing these results and limitations of the present study were offered.
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Bates, Karine. "Les femmes et le système juridique en Inde : entre l'idéologie et les faits: analyse anthropologique de la conception des droits à travers les transactions économiques au moment du mariage." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0017/MQ47252.pdf.

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Mandal, Shipra. "Modernization and women's status in India : a gender in development perspective on dowry deaths, sex ratios, and sex-selective abortions /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004331.

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Raj, Anamika. "The Unsafe Home: An Analysis of Reported Domestic Violence in India." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/92197.

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Violence against women has been acknowledged both nationally and internationally as a violation of women's basic human rights, an issue which weakens the overall development of women globally. India enacted the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act in 2005 in order to address the issue of domestic violence. This work examines the impact of the law and women's education and economic status on reported cases of dowry deaths and cruelty by husband and his relatives in 28 states of India between the years 2001 to 2016. My study hypothesizes that the states' female literacy rate and female workforce participation are negatively associated with the rate of reported cases of dowry deaths and cruelty by husband and his relatives. This study supports the ameliorative hypothesis that higher literacy rates and advanced economic and political status help reduce the victimization of women. Also, variations are seen among the 28 states for the cases of reported dowry death rates and cruelty by husband and his relatives' rates, suggesting that rates of dowry death are significantly higher in the eastern region and rates of cruelty by husband and his relatives are significantly higher in the south and the west (compared to the north).
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Domestic violence is a global issue. It can be understood as arising from patriarchal values and gendered norms which relegate women to a subordinate position to men. India is the world’s largest democracy, and India is a place where crimes against women are highly prevalent. India enacted the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act in 2005 in order to address the issue of domestic violence. This study examines the impact of the Act after 14 years of its passage. Domestic violence takes different forms ranging from physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological violence. This study focuses on two forms of domestic violence: dowry deaths and cruelty by husband and his relatives against the wife. It focuses on the analysis of reported cases of the two crimes. In this study, data from various Indian governmental websites have been collected and analyzed to demonstrate rates of domestic violence for all the states of India. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of women’s status—operationalized as female literacy rate and female workforce participation—on the number of reported cases of domestic violence in Indian society from 2001 to 2016. This study supports the ameliorative hypothesis, which argues that places in which women have higher status report lower rates of victimization.
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Mota, Ilóida Manuela Augusto da. "As relações de género e o sistema de dote na Índia : o caso de Hyderabad." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6210.

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A presente dissertação analisa as relações de género e o sistema de dote na Índia, cruzando estas temáticas com o desenvolvimento e a educação. Um dos objectivos principais passa por perceber a influência da educação nas representações sociais das mulheres indianas sobre as relações de género e o sistema de dote. Por forma a responder a esta questão recorremos a bibliografia que discorre sobre os temas tratados, bem como a indicadores estatísticos sobre as temáticas do desenvolvimento humano e da igualdade de género, e a um trabalho de campo que consistiu na recolha de entrevistas na cidade de Hyderabad (Sul da Índia).
The present dissertation analyzes the gender relations and the dowry system in India, by interlinking these themes with development and education. One of the main purposes is to understand the influence of education on the Indian women’s social representations about the gender relations and the dowry system. In order to answer this question, we used not only bibliography about the subject, but also the analysis of development and gender equality indicators as well as the results of a field work based on interviews in the city of Hyderabad (South of India).
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Anderson, Kristin Siwan. "Dowry payments in South Asia." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9828.

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There is considerable evidence that dowry payments in India have not only increased over the last five decades, but that the custom has spread into regions and communities where it was never practiced before. The aim of this thesis is to understand why these changes have occurred. A particularly influential explanation is that rising dowries in India are concomitant with population growth. According to this interpretation, a population increase leads to an excess supply of brides since men marry younger women. As a result, dowry payments must rise in order to clear the marriage market. Reductions in the equilibrium age difference will tend to equalize the excess supply of women in the marriage market. It has been reasoned that the severe social and economic pressures associated with older unmarried daughters imply that households of older potential brides are willing to outbid the families of younger brides and that this competitive interaction places upward pressure on dowries. The first substantive chapter of this thesis explicitly models the dynamics of dowry payments when population grows. It points out some difficulties in making the theory reconcile the main observations relevant in the context of demographic change. In particular, there exist conditions under which population growth can cause dowries to decrease if the model is constrained from generating an increasing number of unmarried women. An alternative explanation is provided in the subsequent chapter which takes into account the phenomenon of caste. The explanation posits a process of modernisation which increases the heterogeneity of potential wealth within each caste. The new income-earning opportunities brought about by development are predominantly filled by men and as a result grooms become a relatively heterogeneous group compared to brides. If we perceive dowry as a bid that a bride makes for a groom of a certain market value, an increase in heterogeneity of grooms will increase the spread of dowries. Men who become more eligible in the marriage market will receive higher dowries, whereas the payments will decrease for those who are less eligible; however, average dowries may remain constant. The explanation as to why dowries also increase for the relatively less desirable grooms, and in turn average dowry payments necessarily increase, relies heavily on particularities of the caste system. Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenomenon in India, research pertaining to the custom of dowry in the rest of South Asia is relatively sparse. The aim of the final chapter is to study dowry payments in Pakistan. Since an exploration of how they have evolved through time is not possible due to limitations of the data, the analysis focuses instead on the present role of dowry payments. The investigation concludes that the dowry phenomenon in Pakistan is similar to that occurring in India.
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Books on the topic "Dowry – India"

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Singh, Vijay. Dowry prohibition in India. Jaipur: Alkesh Agencies, 1985.

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Nandi, N. Dowry laws of India. Allahabad: Dwivedi Law Agency, 2015.

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Rudd, Jane McVay. Dowry-murders in India. [East Lansing, Mich.]: Women in International Development, Michigan State University, 1994.

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Rudd, Jane McVay. Dowry-murders in India. [East Lansing, Mich.]: Women in International Development, Michigan State University, 1994.

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Singh, Vijay. Dowry prohibition in India. Jaipur: Shri Dadhimati Sahitya Shodh Prakashan Samiti, 1985.

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McCoid, Catherine Hodge. Dowry deaths in India: A materialist analysis. [East Lansing]: Michigan State University, 1989.

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Sita's curse: Stories of dowry victims. New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003.

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Kumari, Ranjana. Brides are not for burning: Dowry victims in India. New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 1989.

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Kumari, Ranjana. Brides are not for burning: Dowry victims in India. London: Sangam Books, 1989.

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Narang, Bhim Sain. Concept of strīdhana in ancient India. Delhi: Parimal Publications, 1990.

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Book chapters on the topic "Dowry – India"

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Dang, J. K., and M. S. Panwar. "Downy Mildew of Pearl Millet: Present Scenario in India." In Advances in Downy Mildew Research — Volume 2, 165–78. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2658-4_10.

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"Dowry, Marriage and Violence." In Women and Violence in India. I.B. Tauris, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350989849.ch-008.

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Singh, Sabita. "Interpretation of Marriage Rituals in Medieval Rajasthan." In The Politics of Marriage in Medieval India, 85–157. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199491452.003.0003.

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This chapter has been divided into separate sections under different heads. It is observed how ceremonies and rituals of marriage helped in maintaining the caste identity of the families. The authority and superiority of a particular caste could be demonstrated through these ceremonies and rituals. Under the sub-heading of ‘Marriage, Customs and Practices in Medieval Rajasthan’ the significance of the engagement ceremony including notions of honour attached thereto, and the age of marriage which varied considerably depending on time period and caste has been appraised. The concept of Stridhan and dowry has been dealt with in the sub-section of dowry. An attempt has been made to understand the complexity of the marriage gift in its historical perspective. The changes that have occurred in the concept of dowry are also analysed. Hypergamy, polygamy and concubinage also form part of this chapter.
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Jeffery, Patricia. "The Social Consequences of Demographic Change in India." In China–India. British Academy, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197265673.003.0007.

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Since the mid-1960s, India has experienced several notable shifts in its population dynamics that will have social implications for decades to come. This paper first sketches some of the central parameters of a complex picture that is characterised by regional and intra-regional contrasts. The main body of the paper considers the likely impact of these demographic processes by addressing the following themes: whether India is likely to benefit from the ‘demographic dividend’ derived from declining fertility; whether declining fertility combined with sex selective abortion might result in a ‘marriage squeeze’ that disadvantages young men and results in a decline in the significance of dowry payments; whether low fertility will impact positively on gender politics (including women’s access to employment and their position within their marital homes); and the implications of an increasingly ageing population for the intergenerational contract.
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Uyl, Marion den. "Dowry in India: Respected Tradition and Modern Monstrosity." In The Gender Question in Globalization, 143–58. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315239422-13.

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Kukreja, Reena. "Introduction." In Why Would I Be Married Here?, 1–31. Cornell University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501762550.003.0001.

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This chapter covers the marriage crisis in India. It explores the new form of non-customary marriage-making that emerged among Hindus and Muslims in rural North India. The aforementioned matrimonies were largely correlated to a discourse of bridal slavery, bride trafficking, and low societal worth accorded to Indian women, which resulted in a tragic outcome of skewed sex ratios and girl dis-preference. The chapter explores the phases of contemporary cross-region marriages in North India. It also looks into the notion of marriage migration as 80 percent of lifetime migrants in India are women citing marriage as the reason for leaving their place of birth. Moreover, the hyper-commercialization of marriage within India through the practice of dowry permeated due to the demand for cash to act as seed capital for small business ventures or satisfy demands for consumer goods.
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Singh, Rekha. "Status of Women in Indian Society." In The Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, 47–50. Philosophy Documentation Center, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/wcp20-paideia19987170.

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The worth of a civilization can be judged by the place given to women in the society. One of several factors that justify the greatness of India's ancient culture is the honorable place granted to women. The Muslim influence on India caused considerable deterioration in the status of women. They were deprived of their rights of equality with men. Raja Ram Mohan Roy started a movement against this inequality and subjugation. The contact of Indian culture with that of the British also brought improvement in the status of women. The third factor in the revival of women's position was the influence of Mahatma Gandhi who induced women to participate in the Freedom Movement. As a result of this retrieval of freedom, women in Indian have distinguished themselves as teachers, nurses, air-hostesses, booking clerks, receptionists, and doctors. They are also participating in politics and administration. But in spite of this amelioration in the status of women, the evils of illiteracy, dowry, ignorance, and economic slavery would have to be fully removed in order to give them their rightful place in Indian society.
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Sood, Anubha. "Madness Experienced as Faith." In Our Most Troubling Madness. University of California Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520291089.003.0009.

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Spirit possession is what anthropologists call a common “idiom of distress” in India. That is, anthropologists observe that spirit possession is a way of behaving that signals emotional trouble. Spirit possession in India often begins with intense distress to the afflicted. However, through negotiation and attention to its desires, possessing spirits may be transformed from malevolent to beneficent. Sumita is a devotee and long-term resident of the Balaji temple in Rajasthan, India. After her marriage, demands for dowry, domestic violence, and Sumita’s growing awareness of the destructive spirits living in the walls of her husband’s home, her in-laws expel her from their home. After numerous stays in publicly-funded psychiatric facilities, she is brought by her father to the temple of Balaji, where she begins to hear the voice of the deity. Sumita manages to eke out a marginal existence by passing on the divine revelations of Balaji to worshipers at the shrine. In this way, her spirit possession may participate in the construction of a valued social identity in which voices and visions are signs of the divine and not solely associated with a permanent, crippling illness.
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"Dowry." In Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies, 68–70. New York University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479826834.003.0030.

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Kukreja, Reena. "The Lament of the Poor." In Why Would I Be Married Here?, 91–114. Cornell University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501762550.003.0004.

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This chapter expounds on the concept of dowry as a capital accumulation strategy. It highlights the influence of coercive accumulation on rural impoverishment. In India, the structural violence of neoliberalism gets initiated at an intimate gendered level through the commodity fetishism of eligible local grooms. The men's families capitalize on the societal disproval of families with unmarried daughters to maximize asset transfer amidst marriage deals. The chapter covers the dispossession of matrimonial choice, which forced women to marry men considered social rejects that would eventually lead to dispossession, dislocations, cultural alienation, and being uprooted from natal families. It also considers fair skin as a marriage capital. Additionally, neoliberal dispossession and neoliberal accumulative processes extend to intimate relations which shrunk marital choices and affect women from socioeconomically marginalized communities such as the Dalits or the Muslims.
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