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LOVE IN KHAP-LAND
SUKHBIR SIWACH, TNN
It was on the campus of Janta College in Charki Dadri, Bhiwani that Anita Juthera and Shribhagwan Legha met and fell in love. After two years of courtship, Legha was keen to tie the knot. "I love you, marry me, " he pleaded with her.
Anita, more clued into the complications of gotra taboos among Jats, was hesitant. She came from Makdani and he, Samaspur and they were tied by the rules of brotherhood which disallows marriage between Jats of the two villages.
"It's not possible. The khap will oppose our marriage, " she told him. But Shribhagwan's persistence wore her down. "Times have changed. These things don't matter in a modern society, " the Jat boy had argued naively.
But Anita's worst fears came true when the couple declared their love.
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Reader's opinion (1)
Arin GhoshFeb 12th, 2012 at 14:41 PM
These khap panchyats, the fundamentalists and the moralists tend to dictate our lives. Do we live in a free country?
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