I hate the dowry system in India!

A person's wedding has always been their favourite or 'most memorable moment'. These moments are memorable, that is for sure, but the fact lays behind that what made the whole wedding was money and presents and gifts. It's a pity that such activities or rather, thoughts, still continue, but there it is, the truth, and you can't deny it. It's a good thing that now, in India, love marriages have become very common, because otherwise, everyone would just settle down for a groom who asked for less. The dowry system is something without any logic. The girls' family give the most precious thing they ever had- their darling daughter, and even when they give her, they have to supply money. That is neither sensible nor correct. It should be the opposite. The family is certainly not asking for a favour by giving their child and giving money to allow her new 'family' to accept her. The changing of surnames is also very disturbing, somehow, but changing that would take loads and loads of hard work to take off the typical mindset and stereotype. After all, isn't marriage supposed to be something full of joy and happiness and...change? Then why can't there be peace, why can't there just be a simple wedding without the old people and women wearing heavy makeup and outfits sitting in the back seat chattering and gossiping about the car, the gold and the money that came out of the wallet of the girls' family? Hope is the only thing that keeps these visions alive, and maybe, if this idea, if this new change for good does not work out, perhaps then, we'll still keep on protesting and fighting for our rights when any woman or we were eve teased but the fact is that we don't even allow our equality and rights on the best day of our life.