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
Trending
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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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
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer