phoolkumar
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Preface: Property distribution among posterity earned limelight in 2005 when judiciary of India brought out an act of equal property distribution among posterity of both genders. Before passing this bill, how much research was made on finding out what already existed on the name of property distribution in Indian communities can be another topic of debate.
How much benchmarking was made to make the new law easily penetrable and acceptable while respecting the gestures of family emotions could also be another point to debate. In one way this bill is really a good initiative to bring the real time gender-equality. But somewhere in the corner of mind, few questions jiggle around as:
Q1. Will it really bring the gender equality in society or will prove just an opposite to what is in existence? Did anybody researched out what already exists on the name of property distribution and how it exists?
Q2. Does the new law give right to husband to keep his property only on his name? Because when wife would be carrying property from her parent’s then husband should also be made free to keep property from his parents on his name only? Whereas the traditional law says that a wife is 50% stake holder in his husband’s property, is it also modified? If this situation prevails then isn't the husband going to settle only with 25% of total combined property of husband and wife because wife would be the owner of 75% (50% from her parent and 25% from of her husband)? Does this the new law say?
Q3. Will it resolve the dowry problem or just transform the definition of dowry? Tomorrow a new dowry system may abide by under which woman will demand to marry a man with at least of equal property or more like today, where most of us try to get an equally educated groom for our daughter and sister? In case if man/woman carries less property than his wife/ her husband, will a woman/man be ready to compensate it by merging the two’s to make it equal on both hands?
Q4. How this property spread over two different locations will further be handled? Consider the case of same couple. Will husband be going to settle down in wife’s hometown/village or have to travel more frequently like a “Khanabadosh” whole life between in laws and parents?
If one says that they can sell the property of one place if so then won't it increase bureaucratic and administrative hassles, resulting in opening of new ways of business for mediocre only? Because if me and my wife would be settling down for property of one of our two locations; on the other end my sister and her husband would also be busy in same means double documentation for public and double business-double profit for mediocre or bureaucrat?
Some of men and women, whom I interviewed expressed that one of us travel each time each side minimum a 100 Kms to the way to our in-laws? They asked that does the new law provide us extra finance for making more frequent rounds as a result of new law and hanging between taking care of property at two places. One person said that your aunt hails from Loharu in Bhiwani, will I and your aunt be spending our lives in travelling like a "Khanabadosh" for whole life?
Or any such scheme is evolved, which will get you fixed this deal at the time of your marriage only? And if it is to be fixed at the time of marriage only, then how many couples would be ready to do it on spot? Read below more on this point.
Q5. In case of settling down of husband at in-laws, how the social norms for his/her children will be anticipated?
Q6. What kind of consensus was made among public to answer all such questions?
Q7. Isn’t there a more wide approach with which current social rituals and norms could also be served and gender equality will also be promoted? Or it has just designed to fragment both the rural and urban social fabric and culture?
Q8. Why it seems more bothering on our pockets and wastage of time in travelling? Won't it prove just a new source of money making for mediocre and machineries involved in it?
Q9. What measurements were taken while making this law to ensure its healthy insertion in society?
Toiling through all these and many more similar questions in mind, I talked with many of villagers (my uncles, aunts and social colleagues) and asked them to tell me what was or is made or has been in practice in our social system on the name of land and property distribution among posterity.
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How much benchmarking was made to make the new law easily penetrable and acceptable while respecting the gestures of family emotions could also be another point to debate. In one way this bill is really a good initiative to bring the real time gender-equality. But somewhere in the corner of mind, few questions jiggle around as:
Q1. Will it really bring the gender equality in society or will prove just an opposite to what is in existence? Did anybody researched out what already exists on the name of property distribution and how it exists?
Q2. Does the new law give right to husband to keep his property only on his name? Because when wife would be carrying property from her parent’s then husband should also be made free to keep property from his parents on his name only? Whereas the traditional law says that a wife is 50% stake holder in his husband’s property, is it also modified? If this situation prevails then isn't the husband going to settle only with 25% of total combined property of husband and wife because wife would be the owner of 75% (50% from her parent and 25% from of her husband)? Does this the new law say?
Q3. Will it resolve the dowry problem or just transform the definition of dowry? Tomorrow a new dowry system may abide by under which woman will demand to marry a man with at least of equal property or more like today, where most of us try to get an equally educated groom for our daughter and sister? In case if man/woman carries less property than his wife/ her husband, will a woman/man be ready to compensate it by merging the two’s to make it equal on both hands?
Q4. How this property spread over two different locations will further be handled? Consider the case of same couple. Will husband be going to settle down in wife’s hometown/village or have to travel more frequently like a “Khanabadosh” whole life between in laws and parents?
If one says that they can sell the property of one place if so then won't it increase bureaucratic and administrative hassles, resulting in opening of new ways of business for mediocre only? Because if me and my wife would be settling down for property of one of our two locations; on the other end my sister and her husband would also be busy in same means double documentation for public and double business-double profit for mediocre or bureaucrat?
Some of men and women, whom I interviewed expressed that one of us travel each time each side minimum a 100 Kms to the way to our in-laws? They asked that does the new law provide us extra finance for making more frequent rounds as a result of new law and hanging between taking care of property at two places. One person said that your aunt hails from Loharu in Bhiwani, will I and your aunt be spending our lives in travelling like a "Khanabadosh" for whole life?
Or any such scheme is evolved, which will get you fixed this deal at the time of your marriage only? And if it is to be fixed at the time of marriage only, then how many couples would be ready to do it on spot? Read below more on this point.
Q5. In case of settling down of husband at in-laws, how the social norms for his/her children will be anticipated?
Q6. What kind of consensus was made among public to answer all such questions?
Q7. Isn’t there a more wide approach with which current social rituals and norms could also be served and gender equality will also be promoted? Or it has just designed to fragment both the rural and urban social fabric and culture?
Q8. Why it seems more bothering on our pockets and wastage of time in travelling? Won't it prove just a new source of money making for mediocre and machineries involved in it?
Q9. What measurements were taken while making this law to ensure its healthy insertion in society?
Toiling through all these and many more similar questions in mind, I talked with many of villagers (my uncles, aunts and social colleagues) and asked them to tell me what was or is made or has been in practice in our social system on the name of land and property distribution among posterity.
continue on P2...
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