Blog@GraceJunction

I was very excited that morning, the sun was still waking up as I hurriedly changed a few trains and rushed thru the crowd, meticulously following the travel plan in order not to miss the bus from Paramatta Sydney to the Hillsong church. It had been my desire for a long time to attend a worship service at this great church which has blessed nations across the world. My visit had more curiosity and excitement and I was all so much geared and focussed ‘to see’.

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Dowry, Abuse for money, Harassment by husbands and in-laws to satisfy the greedy hearts, Beaten up for property, Left by the husband for not being gifted with costly enough gifts by her parents, Threatened at gun point for money…so on and so forth. Even today in this educated society of ours, these are the cases that flood “the case files” in every police station and the numbers never decreases. My father being a cop has been dealing with various cases, majority being on the issue of disturbed family relations, and even more, disturbed marriages. I remember the last time I was home for a vacation and went thru a few case files which were overflowing with complains of the wives and the daughter-in-laws pleading for justice and it was no different the next time I looked thru the case files. It all makes me feel as if, what we call the “institution of marriage” has reduced to a “market place” and people are reduced to “objects” or “commodities”. The higher the price you pay to sell your commodity, the better she is taken care of and if not, she will be turned to ruins in this educated sophisticated society of ours where I thought dowry was a crime.
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