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One bride, two grooms: The story of Himachal’s Hattis and the tradition of polyandry
August 04, 2025 2:30 pm
Once widespread across the remote hills of Himachal Pradesh, polyandry was a practical solution to preserve undivided ancestral land and foster cooperation in joint families. Today, it survives discreetly among members of the Hatti community, where tradition and survival remain deeply intertwined.
‘Himachal Pradesh polyandry’: This is not a news. It is Savarna gaze
July 23, 2025 6:17 pm
Unlike the caste society, different tribal groups practice multiple forms of marriage, and often they are connected to preserving natural resources, either for the clan or for the family
US Polygamist leader with 20 'wives' faces sentencing for criminal sex acts with children
December 10, 2024 12:45 am
Samuel Bateman, whose small group was an offshoot of the sect once led by Warren Jeffs, has pleaded guilty to a yearslong scheme to transport girls across state lines for his sex crimes, and later to kidnap some of them from protective custody.
Kalki Koechlin reveals past experience with open relationships: 'All parties agree to those rules and boundaries before you go into it'
October 05, 2024 7:01 am
“Now that I am married and have a kid, I don’t think I got time for that sh*t, because you just don’t even have time to see your own partner,” Kalki Koechlin said with a laugh
When three isn’t a crowd
June 30, 2024 10:04 am
Young singles, it turns out, are less enamoured of old fashioned commitment, which is increasingly seen as not a one-size-fits-all model.
The law on polygamy among religious groups in India
May 12, 2023 9:38 am
Polygamy is the practice of having more than one married spouse — wife or husband. The issue is governed both by personal laws and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Assam will move to ban polygamy, form expert committee to examine legality: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
May 10, 2023 8:01 am
The Assam CM said that during a crackdown on child marriages, the authorities found that many aged men got “married multiple times", and often to minor girls.
SC to set up fresh 5-judge bench to hear pleas challenging polygamy, 'nikah halala'
November 24, 2022 3:34 pm
While polygamy allows a Muslim man to have four wives, 'nikah halala' is a process under which a divorced Muslim woman has to first marry another person, consummate it and get a divorce from the second husband, if the couple were to remarry after a compromise.
PIL seeks law to regulate bigamy, polygamy among Muslims, Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand
May 03, 2022 12:38 pm
The petition also seeks a regulation for making it mandatory for a Muslim husband to seek prior permission of a judicial officer “in the form of a certificate that the Muslim husband desirous to contract bigamy/polygamy is having capacity to provide equal treatment to all wives”.
Egypt's top cleric calls polygamy 'injustice,' draws debate
March 04, 2019 8:37 am
Al-Azhar's Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb said the practice of polygamy came from "a lack of understanding of the Quran and the tradition of the Prophet" and it is "often an injustice to women and children".
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