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A Sociology textbook that is part of the curriculum for a nursing course and is prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council mentions, in one of the chapters, the 'merits of dowry'. As images of the appended chapter were shared on social media, netizens reacted.
The page is from the Textbook of Sociology for Nurses and is authored by TK Indrani. A screenshot of the same was shared on Twitter and has gone viral online.
Book says an attractive dowry can help
In a shocker, a sociology textbook for nurses has claimed that the oft-reviled system of dowry is actually good for society and even helps parents of "ugly looking girls" to get them married off.The "gems" of social wisdom ...
Several Twitter users on Monday appealed to the government to remove from circulation an objectionable book detailing the merits of the dowry system.