Gujarat: Dalit bride arrives on elephant at her pre-wedding celebrations
2 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat: Dalit bride arrives on elephant at her pre-wedding celebrations

India TV News  

Years ago, Natu Parmar could not fulfil his dream of arriving on a horse at his marriage due to the fear of negative reaction from the upper castes people of his village. This Friday, he not just fulfilled his promise but went one step further by making his 23-year-old daughter Bharti take out her pre-wedding procession sitting on an elephant. Where even today, an FIR is registered every month for a pre-wedding procession being taken out by a Dalit, we can only wonder what would be the situation two decades ago? "The boys have got their mother's name written in their school records instead of their father's, to give the message of women empowerment," said Parmar.

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Hindustan Times  

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