So we have seen the activists and do-gooders beating their forlorn breasts over what they term ‘child-marriage’ and the ‘evils of dowry’ for over 70 decades now. The political establishment in newly independent India, in its endeavours to be perceived as a modern, forward-looking , tech-embracing nation by the dominant and developed countries of Northern […]
Patna: Arrests have started. Bihar gets serious about tackling underage marriages. A middle-aged man was arrested from Samastipur district on Thursday on the charge of marrying a minor girl. A day earlier, a Madhubani court sent the parents of another minor girl to jail on the charge of violating provisions of the Child Marriage Restraint […]
