meera v state of rajasthan

• A Child and Divorced ; Instances of Divorce Arising Out of Child Marriages Are On the Rise Across the Country Resulting in Serious Social Problems.

Here's a shocking statistic. There are over 1.7 lakh divorces that take place among couples who are yet to reach the official marriageable age in the country. Around 1.6 crore child marriages continue to take place in parts of India, ignoring the law and bowing to ancient customs that belong to the Dark Ages. By far the largest numbers are from a caste- ridden Rajasthan where children as young as four, five or even less are married off or traded like so many cattle.

... by NGO Prayas in Shahpura block of the state's Bhilwara district showed 181 cases of broken chi...Meera Mali, age 13, studying in Class V in the village D...

• India Today
• April 29, 2008

• Calendar 1975-2005

MOMENTOUS YEARS

... as South Australia became the first Aussie state to decriminalise homosexuality. The Aryabhatta was... magazine is about to print a spread on Rajasthani jewellery, and will feature Roy in striking poses ..., in collaboration with British-Asian writer Meera Syal, with a budget running into millions of dolla...

• India Today
• December 27, 2005

• Widowed Children ; Primitive Customs Rooted in Deprivation Have Given Us Child Marriage, and Worse, the Widowhood of Many of These Little Girls. There Are Thousands of Child Widows in the Villages of Rajasthan, Strangled Forever by Fate, Leading Lives of Social Anonymity They Had No Choice to Reject.

Eight-year-old Suman Teli lives in Pander village of Rajasthan's Bhilwara district. Skipping through Pander's dusty streets on her way to school, past terracotta-roofed mud and brick houses, Suman could well be just one of the millions of faceless children in the great rural beyond. But she isn't. Suman is a widow. A widow studying in Class II, a widow for the past three years, and a widow for the rest of her life.

...Meera Mali, 18, daughter of labourer Jagdish Mali in Dun...The state Government gives widows a pension of Rs 400 per mo...

• India Today
• November 24, 2008

• Living Treasures

The sacred and the secular, a city or a street, a forgotten tomb or a fabled train terminal, a docked battleship or a dappled beach, these are 30 eclectic examples, some everyday, some exotic, of the civilizational heritage that binds generations, enriches memories, and embroideries a thousand conversations India has with its eternal past. HIMALAYAN RAILWAY

...PROVENANCE: CHITTOR, RAJASTHAN. ANTIQUITY: 700 AD. SIGNIFICANCE: IT WAS THE CAPIT... band of 13,000 women to their deaths; of Meerabai devoting herself to the love of Krishna; of Mahara..., which was steadfast while other Rajput states brokered peace, is more than a mere echo. Having w...

• India Today
• October 02, 2006