২৫ এপ্রিল, ২০১২

"It is the first example we know of a couple wed in childhood wanting the marriage to be annulled..."

At age 1, Laxmi Sargara was married to a 3-year-old named Rakesh. She found out about it when she was 18 and the in-laws came for her.

১২টি মন্তব্য:

glenn বলেছেন...

Another of the wonderful shades in the multi-colored tapestry of life.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Romantic marriage is a modern invention.

Stanley Cavell link

Bob_R বলেছেন...

And such a marvelously successful invention it was.

edutcher বলেছেন...

One gets the impression she's lucky to be alive.

bagoh20 বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
bagoh20 বলেছেন...

It's like they're breeding horses rather than raising their children.

Beach Brutus বলেছেন...

All cultures are equal.

Wince বলেছেন...

At age 1, Laxmi Sargara was married to a 3-year-old named Rakesh.

At the time, relatively speaking, it was quite the May-September romance.

Lyle বলেছেন...

Progress. Yay.

Revenant বলেছেন...

Romantic marriage is a modern invention.

Kind of like antibiotics?

Moose বলেছেন...

Who are we to judge? I think this is a case of bias against other types of true love...

Joe বলেছেন...

The operative phrase being "annulled". What was unusual was that this was legally done. How many simply leave or pretend it never happened? I'm sure quite a few.