Cash, Jewelry, and more. Marriage or a Money-making Business for the Groom's Family?

Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject Sociology - Social System and Social Structure, grade: 1,7, University of Gottingen, language: English, abstract: The statement that says, 'In a fairytale wedding, the prince charming wafts his bejeweled and decked up bride away to an idyllic town' does not hold good for every marriageable damsel and her natal family in India, as the family may not ...