Marriage Map
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Indian women tend to be more educated than their spouses. Why are they settling for less?
Gender roles, caste constraints and low labour-force participation are some leading causes.
Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com
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What their big fat Auli wedding revealed about the Gupta family – and India’s elites
The choice of destination for a wedding could indicate a sense of identity, uniqueness and values with which the elites would like to be associated.
Parul Bhandari
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The British royal wedding: Here’s what one of the world’s greatest novels teaches us about marriage
In their coverage of Meghan and Harry, the media are focusing on all of the wrong things. Thankfully, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy had sharper insights.
Richard Gunderman, The Conversation
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Delhi Police raids journalists associated with ‘Newsclick’ in UAPA case
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India at Asian Games, Oct 3, live: Bronze in men’s canoe; badminton, squash stars in action
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How findings of the Bihar caste census push the BJP into a corner
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Watch: Man dances inside Mumbai local train, railways ask commuters not to ‘perform such activities’
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Gandhi’s vision of a constitution was imperfect, but is India paying the price for neglecting it?
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‘Clear breach of international standards’: Experts debate the ban on Bangladeshis marrying Rohingya
The government claims the prohibition is intended to prevent refugees from using their marriage certificates to obtain Bangladeshi citizenship.
Afrose Jahan Chaity
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Child marriage, especially of girls, is on the rise in urban India but declining in rural areas
The legal age for marriage in India is 18 for women and 21 for men.
Vipul Vivek, Indiaspend.com
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Bangladesh’s new child marriage law allows minors to marry under 'special circumstances'
The legislation is meant to replace a dated one, but this loophole could have consequences, fear activists.
M Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj, The Conversation
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‘Mommy loves her, because she’s so beautiful’: Pet parrot joins owner to sing a song about herself
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Watch: Indian Railways staff accept 14-minute cleaning challenge of Vande Bharat Express train
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Watch: Students drum on desk and pencil box in classroom to create catchy beats
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Watch: Stunning scenes from U2 concert at new venue that uses immersive floor-to-ceiling visuals
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Watch: Man dances inside Mumbai local train, railways ask commuters not to ‘perform such activities’
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China’s 'bare branches’: Unmarried men stuck between tradition and capitalism
The bitter fruit of the One Child Policy and the preference for sons is a female deficit of 20 million people in the coming decades for men of marrying age.
Xuan Li, The Conversation
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Inspired by ‘Sairat’, an NGO asks young Maharashtrians to take another look at marriage norms
Narendra Dabholkar’s organisation is arranging public interactions, asking young and old to shun caste endogamy and expensive rituals.
Poorvi Kulkarni, IndiaSpend.com
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Despite Punjab's honour killings, 22 per cent of marriages in state are across caste lines
But across the country, only ten per cent of marriages are inter-caste.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Book versus movie: Bengali film ‘Herbert’ says if the source story is great, don’t tinker with it
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Start the week with a film: In ‘A Fantastic Woman’, a trans singer hits the right notes
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Watch: Gigi Scaria’s film revisits memories of meeting Mahatma Gandhi
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‘Mujib’ trailer: Shyam Benegal’s film traces the journey of Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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Two Shah Rukh Khan films, two political worldviews