Begging?!

Indian weddings are a grand affair, no doubt. Grand I call it because of the amount of money involved. Ironically, only one party to the wedding ends up spending while the other tends to lap it up. Almost every single Indian must be aware that bride and her family give dowry at the time of wedding to the groom and his family. If the groom has sisters, the future sister(s)-in-law must also be bribed… oops… sorry given a few extra rupees. Don’t know where this nonsense originated from. I just can’t understand who the root cause is for stupidity that plagues our marriage system. Is it the greedy women who demand more for their sons? Or is it the grooms themselves who want to flaunt their wive's wealth among their friends?