This document discusses two social evils in India: communalism and the dowry system. Communalism disrupts peace when anti-social elements incite feelings between religious communities through rumors or exaggerating incidents, which can lead to large-scale violence. The dowry system was once gifts given at weddings but evolved into an expectation that bride's parents provide substantial money and gifts. It is now a source of misery and unhappiness.
This document discusses two social evils in India: communalism and the dowry system. Communalism disrupts peace when anti-social elements incite feelings between religious communities through rumors or exaggerating incidents, which can lead to large-scale violence. The dowry system was once gifts given at weddings but evolved into an expectation that bride's parents provide substantial money and gifts. It is now a source of misery and unhappiness.
This document discusses two social evils in India: communalism and the dowry system. Communalism disrupts peace when anti-social elements incite feelings between religious communities through rumors or exaggerating incidents, which can lead to large-scale violence. The dowry system was once gifts given at weddings but evolved into an expectation that bride's parents provide substantial money and gifts. It is now a source of misery and unhappiness.
E V I LS O F CO M M U N AL ISM Communalism is one of the major problems disturbing the
peace of the country from time to time. India is a secular
state. Our constitution has given freedom to people to follow any religion. So there are several communities which owe allegiance to different places of worship. They speak different languages, wear different dresses, eat different kinds of food and follow different ways of living. In spite of this apparent diversities we have a bond of unity which makes all of us live together as one nation.
But sometimes some anti social and antinational
elements want to create mischief and disturb this
unity. They incite the feelings of people either through
rumours or exaggerating certain incidents .
Often small incidents lead to big riots which
results in large scale violence.
EVILS OF DOWRY SYSTEM
The dowry system is one of the evils prevalent in India. This is a system has been prevalent in India since long. In the past kings and rich men gave gifts at the time of the marriage of their daughters. These gifts consisted of clothes ,ornaments, utensils. In certain cases the parents of the bride also gave a substantial amount of money as a gift.
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With the passage of time
the custom of giving gifts became a necessary pat of the marriage.
The parents of the
bridegroom started expecting these gifts. Dowry system is source of miseries and unhappiness to most of people in the country.