The video of a badass Bengali bride has gone viral on the internet for challenging old traditions and refusing to cry during her bidai. Social media cannot stop raving about this boss lady who can be seen coolly performing ‘Kanakanjali’ ritual. In this ritual, as the bride steps out of her parents’ house, she throws […]

Nuptial Rituals like Kanyadaan are patriarchal practices, here the patriarch from the bride’s side gives away the bride to the groom. In cases the bride’s father is not present, the responsibility, then falls on uncles, as women on their own are not eligible to perform the ritual. So when Australia based Rajeshwari Sharma’s daughter was getting married, […]