Concerning Divorce
Concerning Divorce
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was it possible for a woman to remarry after leaving
her former husband.
But such reformations were unnatural, and have
been generally detrimental to individuals in Hindu
society. When a man and a woman are unable to
satisfy one another, the whole of their lives is
passed in great bitterness because of there being no
provision for remarriage. They are doomed to
continue to live a tormented life alongside partners
with whom they have nothing in common. I shall
cite here only one of the hundreds and thousands of
such instances that are reported in newspapers
almost everyday, leaving aside those cases that go
unreported. Manu, 25, was a cousin of Khushwant
Singh. He has written in detail about her tragedy in
his “Malice” column.
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Manu had a flourishing
business selling ready-made garments in Los
Angeles. As she did not want to marry a foreigner,
she decided to come to India to find a husband and
return with him to the States. She found her own
husband in a tall, handsome, powerfully built
Hindu boy who was anxious to go abroad. The
marriage took place with all pomp and splendor in
a five-star hotel. It took her some months to arrange
