Hello, I read Bijoy's and Lalmon's emails. I agree with Bijoy that greed is the problem. I also agree that parents want the best for their children and therefore they are willing to do whatever it takes to give them a better future. I also believe that girls and their parents need to take a stronger stand for the system to change.
Can't enough girls and their parents to decide not proceed with a proposal if the boy or his family wants to know how much dowry is going to be given? Can't boys ask their family to not say a word about dowry? I think something is changing from the story Lalmon is describing. Girls are getting more and more educated these days. We all know that most of the SSLC rank holders are girls for several years. Such results are slowly being shown after SSLC also. When I was doing my Engineering the number of girls in the college was definitely much less than half. But the number of girls are increasing every year. The earning capacity of girls are not going to be much different from that boys for too long. Most of my classmates and friends (who are girls) from college are getting married to boys of similar qualifications. With Prayers, Lovely **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
