Letters
Q(CBSE 2012): Look at the following poster denouncing dowry. Based on the picture and using your own ideas write a letter, in about 120 words, to the editor of a national daily expressing your views on the evils of dowry and how this problem needs to be tackled.
Answer:
X-Lane
Y-city
19th December,2013
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
New Delhi
Dear Editor
Through the coloumns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to draw the attention of the people towards the burning issue of dowry and its ill-effects on our society.
The dowry system is a social evil. In India many of the traditional customs have been given up, but the custom of dowry has not only continued, but flourished over the years.In spite of increase in the literacy rate, education and modernization, we have not been able to eradicate this problem from our society. Even today, daughters are given furniture, crockery, electronic items, jewellery, cars, flats etc. in order to ensure their security. Initially dowry was given to support the new couple, but with the passage of time marriage has become an occasion for blatant selling of the bridegroom. The ill-effects of this problem include the neglect of daughters, sex-selective abortion, female infanticide, and the harassment, abuse etc. When demands for dowry are not met, the bride is subjected to torture, and often even killed.
