Why Are Brides ‘Given Away’ at Weddings?

This week we explore how women became 'paraya dhan' (someone else's wealth), and how that mindset disadvantages women throughout their lives.

Edited by: Neha Shekhawat
Presented by: Anahita Sachdev
Research: Satviki Sanjay, Quoyina Ghosh
Produced by: Shrishti Malhotra
Creative Supervisor: Karla Bookman

Want to learn more about the research in this video? Check out these readings:

-https://www.icrw.org/wp-content/uploa...

-Pandey, Gyanendra, ed. Unarchived Histories: The" mad" and the" trifling" in the Colonial and Postcolonial World. Routledge, 2013.

-Kishwar, Madhu Purnima. Zealous reformers, deadly laws. SAGE Publications India, 2008.


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