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From: seshadri@t12tst.UUCP (Raghavan Seshadri)
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Subject: Re: dowry
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 13:13:44 EDT
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> From: bala@mordred (Bala Krishnamurthy)
> Date: 8 Oct 85 15:20:31 GMT
> 
> Dowry in any form is still dowry. Accepting it meekly as an established
> "tradition" is a cop-out. Ever think of not attending (or at least
> not eating at) marriages of friends/relatives where you know dowry is being
> given/taken? At least not being afraid to state your views openly?
> It may not be much but social changes will not happen overnight, small
> things like this go a long way in changing deep-rooted views.
> 
> For the "elders" who are reading this (I am 24) and still think,
> "Oh it is no big deal to take dowry as long as the other person can
> afford to give" - all I can say is -- stop and think. It is a crime. Period.

I commend this suggestion . Raising consciousness by tactics such as 
social boycott is probably the best long term solution.People immune
to appeals of decency and ethics are remarkably vulnerable to charges of
being not 'modern' or 'fashionable'. Make dowry unfashionable and it will
fade away.
-- 
Raghu Seshadri