My Reflections

Primitive man lived in a stateless society with unlimited sovereignty. Human Life was nasty, brutish and short. There was "war of all against all". People realised need of an entity which might protect their interest. They created state and surrendered their sovereignty to it. Hobbes, Lockes and Rousseau termed it "Social Contract" . State in turn ensured rule of law and protected interest of its people.. India became a democratic republic after independence and opted for secularism and socialism to ensure justice, liberty and equality to all of its citizens. Indian populace comprises of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and followers of many other religious groups. These groups have many sects within it. People have identity on religious, regional, lingual and cultural bases. We witness conflict among groups for a number of reasons. To resolve these conflicts and ensure peaceful coexistence of various groups warrants strict practice of constitutionalism and

Dowry as per Webster's dictionary is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband. As per the dowry prohibition act 1961, dowry means any property or valuable security to be given or agreed to be given directly or indirectly - By one party to the marriage to other party to the marriage; or By the parents of either party to a marriage or by any other person, to either party to the marriage or any other person; Menace of dowry has spread to every section of Indian society irrespective of religious, regional, cultural groups because of insatiable materialism, greed and tendency to easy acquisition of wealth. It is observed that parents spend rather invest in the career building of male child to reap return on investment in the form of dowry. The girl child on the other hand is considered to be huge liability on parents. The girl child becomes eternal burden for parents as grooms' side always expect favor in money and kind. This lead to gloom on birth of a girl in