‘Satyamev Jayate’:Aamir talks about dowry

Marriages are made in heaven- this is what most of us say and believe in. But what about those business transactions that are made under the garb of so called marital union? This is exactly what Aamir Khan discusses on this mega public forum called ‘Satyamev Jayate’ this Sunday. After having spoken about female foeticide and child sex abuse in the first and second episode respectively, Aamir Khan raises the very famously practiced tradition of dowry and the scar that it leaves on innocent women. Not that the society wasn’t aware of this awful practice but the way it was dealt with on the show is worth applause. On one hand there was an outburst of real life cases where women were used as a medium to extract more wealth from her parents while on the other a solution every girl and her family can adopt to keep away from humiliation. The shows highlight was a middle class girl from Mumbai who fought all odds to have a non-dowry marriage organised for herself. By bringing Rani on ‘Satyamev Jayate’, Aamir has indeed helped a number of women and families to gather courage and take a leaf from her book.