Tag Archives: Marriage

Murders for marriages

Sad story: NEPAL: Killing of a young man due to inter-caste love affair yet to be properly investigated five months on ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-104-2012 19 June 2012 ——————————————————————— NEPAL: Killing of … Continue reading

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Tending someone else’s garden

Perhaps the target of this is wrong: making big cultural changes (with its links to virginity/purity) is difficult, but giving families clear benefits in continuing their new daughter-in-law’s education, is much easier. A real prominent issue in school-drop out rates. … Continue reading

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Bel bibahar

I was always under the belief that the marriage of Newari girls to the bel fruit (bel bibaha) and later to the sun was to evade ‘sati’ should her husband die before her. Bel bibaha seems great fun and the … Continue reading

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