Chidambaram today said efforts have to be made to find a way to do away with
the practice that has been prevalent for ages in the country.
He also termed as "evil" the portrayal of a child bride in a TV serial.
Speaking at a seminar on dowry here, Chidambaram said in India, majority of
marriages are arranged. "As the failure of arranged and not-arranged
marriages in India was the same, we accept arranged marriages. But dowry is
a fact in arranged marriages," he said.
"We accept arranged marriage, but we reject dowry; but dowry is a
concomitant part of arranged marriage," the home minister stated.
Agreeing that there were no easy solutions to this, he said, "Unless you
state the problem clearly and then try to find an answer, this problem will
continue for ages to come".
"I have no easy answers, but educated people in the country should take a
lead in solving this problem," he said adding, that ultimately it was the
choice of an individual. If more and more people join the campaign, then the
evil will die down".
He said that it was a myth that dowry was present only in certain sections
of society. "It is prevalent in every section of society," he said.
"I am told that there is even a serial which shows a child bride. This is an
evil," he added.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_efforts-needed-to-do-away-with-dowry-system-chidambaram_1316224
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