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Nisha's law

Sir, — Rajeev Dhavan's article `Nisha's Law' ( May 30 ): Law alone cannot be of any use unless boys and girls do not take a firm stand against giving or receiving dowry. It is correctly pointed out by Kalpana Sharma in her article, `Hitting dowry for a six', (Sunday Magazine, June 1), where she says: "It is a combination of the determination of the girls, supportive parents and a change in our perverted culture that will end this `evil' which is what it is. A law can only help to some extent. It cannot change the mindsets as has already been demonstrated". Laws to protect women against several evils are there only on paper. But, until some device is designed to make them auto-operative, they will simply remain mere paper-tigers.

Dowry harassment after marriage is a traumatic experience. Even these should be dealt with by taking recourse to law. Young men and women should take up the cudgels against the evil of dowry and refuse to marry when it is demanded or offered in any form.

K. Krishna Rao,

Hyderabad

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