Husband Beats, Wife Justifies

[MAITRI]

Family violence against women is rampant in India, and torture is the
order of the day for many women in some families across the country.
As survey states, over 40 per cent of women reported being beaten by
their husbands at some point of time.
When Kamala tied the knot with Suresh about five years back, she had
her own dream about her future life. She dreamt to lead a decent life
along with her husband. But as days went on, her dream collapsed and
she had to face hard reality in her life as her husband and other
family members started to torture her. They pressurize her to bring
more dowries from her father. They poured kerosene and put fire on her
as she failed to bring more dowries, and at last, she breathed her
last in her own house with burn injuries.

She was born in Katthagal, a remote village in Karnataka, a southern
state of India in a poor family and married Suresh, her close
relative. But her life saw a tragedy end. This is not only the
incidence of assault on women by her husband and her family members;
instead we can see many instances of the same in different parts of
India. India may have shown its growth in all fronts, and women folk
may have contributing their own efforts in national growth. But
violence against women in India is not seems to be coming down despite
many efforts put forward by governments as well as women
organizations. A recent figure released by the national family health
survey justifies the above fact.
Family violence against women is rampant in India, and torture is the
order of the day for many women in some families across the country.
As survey states, over 40 per cent of women reported being beaten by
their husbands at some point of time. Interesting fact is that many
husbands didn't find anything wrong with assaulting their wives. More
shockingly, most of the women who were facing the wrath of their
husband, and his family members were justified on one ground or the
other in the guise of respect. Many a times the spousal violence has
increased the risk of death among females.
In a gruesome incidents girl children were beaten up by their parents
as they dislike them just because they were girl child. Even in the
21st century parents wants to have male child instead of a female one.
According to an estimate more than 19 lakh girl children in the past
two decades have been linked to domestic violence against their
parents.
The disparity between a girl and a boy child still exists in many
families at all levels. This is connected directly with the lower
investment on girl child in areas like immunization, nutrition and
care for major causes of infant and child death. The negligence
against girl child is most likely in the families where women's status
is lowest, and where women are physically abused by husbands.


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