{"id":295394,"date":"2026-04-16T08:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/?p=295394"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:55:08","slug":"deputy-speaker-thakur-urges-people-to-send-invitations-for-marriage-by-writing-dowry-free-marriage-in-their-invitation-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/deputy-speaker-thakur-urges-people-to-send-invitations-for-marriage-by-writing-dowry-free-marriage-in-their-invitation-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Speaker Thakur urges people to send invitations for marriage by writing &#8216;dowry-free marriage&#8217; in their invitation letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: Deputy Speaker Ruby Kumari Thakur has called for collective efforts from all sides to end the harmful practice of dowry taking place in the society.\u00a0In a Facebook message, she urged people to encourage honour-based and cultured marriages by participating in anti-dowry campaigns. <\/p>\n<p>She has made it clear that she will not participate in the dowry marriage. She has also requested the government to send a clear message in the marriage invitation letter {{TAG_CLOSE_em_25 TAG_OPEN_em_25}}, &#8220;Dowry-free marriage, taking and giving dowry is a social and legal crime&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>She posted a message on her Facebook page saying, &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\"><em>Hello everyone, <\/em>{<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\"><em> Lately I&#8217;ve been receiving a lot of wedding invitations. However, none of the cards explicitly mention &#8220;dowry-free marriage&#8221;. This indicates that our society is still not fully free from serious social evils like dowry. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\">Not only taking and giving dowry, but also accepting marriages based on dowry transactions, participating in such ceremonies or receiving banquets is a socially unacceptable and legally punishable practice.TAG_OPEN_em_22 Such practices directly attack the dignity, equality and TAG_CLOSE_span_14 TAG_OPEN_span_14 rights of women. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\"><em>If we really talk about social change, dream of the development of the country and want to stand against social evils, then we have to start the change with ourselves. Even a small step taken at the individual level can lead to great social transformation. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\"><em> Therefore, I would like to inform you that I will not be able to attend a wedding where a dowry is transacted. Please encourage the practice of dowry-free, equality-based and cultured marriages. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\">Therefore, I request you to send the marriage invitation letter with a clear message that &#8220;Dowry-free marriage, taking and giving dowry is a social and legal crime&#8221;.TAG_OPEN_em_19 <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\">TAG_OPEN_em_18 Let&#8217;s all take concrete steps towards building a dowry-free society. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\"><em>Thanks. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\"><em>Ruvi Kumari Thakur<\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p>\n<p><div dir=\"auto\"><em>Deputy Speaker <\/em><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: Deputy Speaker Ruby Kumari Thakur has called for collective efforts from all sides to end the harmful practice of dowry taking place in the society.\u00a0In a Facebook message, she urged people to encourage honour-based and cultured marriages by participating in anti-dowry campaigns. She has made it clear that she will not participate in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":295388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295395,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295394\/revisions\/295395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/295388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}