From ‘Advantages of Dowry’ to ‘U for Ugly’: When Indian textbooks got things horribly wrong

An image from a sociology textbook for nurses has gone viral on social media, but for all the wrong reasons – a photographed section lists the “merits and advantages” of the dowry system

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April 05, 2022 14:15:50 IST

A section in the Textbook of Sociology for Nurses by T K Indrani lists merits of dowry. Image: @chhuti_is/Twitter

An image from a sociology textbook for nurses has gone viral on social media, but for all the wrong reasons – a photographed section lists the “merits and advantages” of the dowry system.

Reportedly picked from the Textbook of Sociology for Nurses by TK Indrani. which is a reading material for nursing students and it has been “written as per the Indian Nursing Council syllabus”.

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