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After I came to my husband’s home, it was a cultural shock for me to notice that no one asked what I brought from my home. In fact after I discussed with neighbours about what they got from their homes. I got to know that there was only exchange of Mangal Sutra from girl’s home. Plus some got costly sarees or some jewelleries from home. But I noticed a thing that whatever they got from their homes was solely for them. That is sarees were used by brides and so were jewellery. They hardly presented a gold ring to groom’s home ‘for the Official 2023 The shirt stays on during sex shirt in addition I really love this groom’. There was no exchange of cash, vehicle, property etc. as a part of dowry. I feel proud to be a part of such society now. Note: I’m anonymous here because my sister to whom we gave a lot of dowry is active on Quora. As section of IPC 498a criminalises dowry, I don’t want to risk anybody’s life by providing witnesses to a crime and spoil their happy lives they are living today. I personally feel that those regions who still think dowry is part of their culture need to change a lot.
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