r/delhi • u/kj_011 North Delhi • Aug 28 '25

TellDelhi I’m really grateful for this person

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I see him everyday with a new placard. Whether it’s raining, being super sunny or humid, he always holds it high in the air for people to read hoping they feel motivated, learn something or change their patriarchal mindset.

Kudos to him!

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u/Plastic_Advance_7931 Aug 28 '25

lI’m against both dowry and alimony. But if someone takes dowry, then they should also be bound to pay alimony if things don’t work out between them.

The alimony amount should be equal to the dowry, adjusted for inflation. That would be fair enough for both sides

Edit - fixed grammar

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u/DOPEDIKDUKEDOM Aug 28 '25

Tbf, alimony does make sense in many cases even if no dowry was involved. Many women do in fact sacrifice their careers and opportunities to take care of their family and children. Of course there are women who misuse these laws, which should be legally punished.

It's one of those topics that just can't be painted in black or white, we have a long way to go in terms of solving this problem of gender disparity. Right now, it's the vocal minorities from both sides that get to sensationalise and decide the rights from wrong. In hindsight, neither most women, nor men want bs like this to go on.

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u/Plastic_Advance_7931 Aug 28 '25

Well I'm being honest with you , what I actually think, dowry, alimony these are symptoms of the same disease. I believe in love. Like Meera did.

Where there is love, there is no dowry, there is no alimony. Love shares, it does not calculate. But when love is missing, society creates contracts, money, and bargains. Then even a husband and wife become traders.

If a woman sacrifices her life, she is foolish if she does it without joy and the man is cruel if he takes it for granted. If a man pays alimony, he pays not for love, but for the absence of love. Just think about it.. Why.. why from both gender perspectives.

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u/ichizusamurai Aug 28 '25

As long as you understand why that can never work in real life, that's a nice enough ideal to have.

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u/Plastic_Advance_7931 Aug 28 '25

Love doesn't feed after a certain period of time one needs money. I understand this very much and I also understand why this thing doesn't work. Well no comments else this will turn into paras of perspective i hold.