२५ एप्रिल, २०१२

"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.

१२ टिप्पण्या:

glenn म्हणाले...

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

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Romantic marriage is a modern invention.

Stanley Cavell link

Bob_R म्हणाले...

And such a marvelously successful invention it was.

edutcher म्हणाले...

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

bagoh20 म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
bagoh20 म्हणाले...

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

Beach Brutus म्हणाले...

All cultures are equal.

Wince म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

Progress. Yay.

Revenant म्हणाले...

Romantic marriage is a modern invention.

Kind of like antibiotics?

Moose म्हणाले...

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

Joe म्हणाले...

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.