Dowry,Sugar n Spice
One of the great Indian traditions which has existed from time immemorial, and is still thriving in this 21st century India having shed its old name,dowry , and having acquired lots of new and funky euphemisms. Surprisingly and shamefully, it has wide-spread support even among highly-educated, filthy-rich, newly-westernised and the so-called-intellectual society. If you hear these people they will go to any lengths to justify the existence of this evil. I am sorry they dont even consider it evil, its called a custom/tradition and what not and I wonder whether this society is progressing or rapidly plunging into Stone Age.
Its under these circumstances when a girl stands up and refuses to be part of any such evil and tells the guy and her own family to ‘take a hike’ ,that one wonders if this is a fire in the pan or the spark that will ignite the forest.
This is what one of my friends just did and I say this to her ‘U go girl’. She tells me and I concur, its not the amount of money , which in her case was piddly, that the groom’s side asks for but its the whole concept of male-female equality that this society has to wake up to. The latest that I have heard is that she has now asked for kanya-shulkam 
(dowry) from the grooms side. The wheel has turned the full circle. Atta girl !!!. Hats off to u .
What if this is not splashed in the headlines of the Slimes of India, sorry Times of india, it shows what these chicks, sorry girls, are made up of .
As one of my other rebel friend aptly summed it
‘Courage, Sacrifice, Determination, Commitment, Toughness, Heart, Talent, Guts. That’s what we gals are made of. To hell with SUGAR ‘n’ SPICE.’
good 1 rock…keep it up…so true!!!!!!!!!
Comment by ur cuzz — June 28, 2005 @ 11:55 pm
This is simply great ! I do dream of India minus all its vices.
Hoping that all come true at least before I step into Coffin!
Comment by Ajith — September 5, 2005 @ 9:57 am