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Monday, 21 May 2012

Satyamev Jayate talks about Big Fat Indian Wedding

Aamir Khan shows the society the picture

It is a well known saying that marriages are made in heaven but they are solemnized on earth that’s what most of us believe in and say. Most people dream of a lavish marriage but the reality in India is that expensive marriage celebrations and heavy dowry demands. That’s exactly what Aamir Khan talks about on his show Satyamev Jayate on Sunday.

Satyamev Jayate talks about social issues like female foeticide and child sex abuse in the first and second episode respectively, Aamir Khan Talk about dowry on Indian marriages and mark left on innocent women.

This Show tried to drop light on the fact that the problem of dowry is not just prevailing among the lower classes but across all sections of society. The show highlighted many stories of ugly truths about giving and accepting dowry in our big fat Indian weddings.

The show even included an inspiring story, that of Mumbai’s Rani Tripathi of middle class family, Rani fought for what was right and took control of her own life .She decided to catch their greed on camera along with her family by doing a sting operation.

Aamir khan has appealed the people to spend money on their children education rather than spending on their dowry.

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