<p>Unable to find brides for their bachelor sons in sex-skewed Haryana, hundreds of villages are breaking the stereotype by resolving to allow inter-village matrimonial ties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Many Haryana villages are ushering in this reform phase with a hope to get brides and find a durable solution to increasing number of chronic bachelors surpassing the “marriageable age” without tying the nuptial knot. <br /><br />Recently, village elderly and panchayat’s representing at least a hundred villages in Jind district resolved to allow inter-village marriages by lifting centuries old ban on marriages between villages in the block. <br /><br />Eligible bachelors in a set of villages known as Panchgami will now be able to marry girls in nearby villages like Mengalpur in the block. <br /><br />The self-imposed prohibition against marriages within these nearly villages had been a part of the village tradition on the rationale, or otherwise, that the ban was necessary in the interest of “brotherhood”. Earlier, 42 other villages under the aegis of Satrol Khap had resolved to lift the ban on such marriages. <br /><br />Despite such bans becoming increasingly redundant in wake of prevailing circumstances, khaps in Haryana are still unbending on the issue of marriages within the same Gotra. <br />There have been many cases where diktats by self-styled khaps, that often draw political patronage on account of vote bank considerations, have announced married couples as brothers and sisters. <br /><br />The concern over the growing trend of chronic bachelorhood had also been a political issue in the run up to the Assembly elections last year. d which is what offered food for thought for the village elderly.<br /><br />The fact remains that Haryana villagers have often looked for brides from other states to address the problem of chronic bachelorhood.</p>
<p>Unable to find brides for their bachelor sons in sex-skewed Haryana, hundreds of villages are breaking the stereotype by resolving to allow inter-village matrimonial ties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Many Haryana villages are ushering in this reform phase with a hope to get brides and find a durable solution to increasing number of chronic bachelors surpassing the “marriageable age” without tying the nuptial knot. <br /><br />Recently, village elderly and panchayat’s representing at least a hundred villages in Jind district resolved to allow inter-village marriages by lifting centuries old ban on marriages between villages in the block. <br /><br />Eligible bachelors in a set of villages known as Panchgami will now be able to marry girls in nearby villages like Mengalpur in the block. <br /><br />The self-imposed prohibition against marriages within these nearly villages had been a part of the village tradition on the rationale, or otherwise, that the ban was necessary in the interest of “brotherhood”. Earlier, 42 other villages under the aegis of Satrol Khap had resolved to lift the ban on such marriages. <br /><br />Despite such bans becoming increasingly redundant in wake of prevailing circumstances, khaps in Haryana are still unbending on the issue of marriages within the same Gotra. <br />There have been many cases where diktats by self-styled khaps, that often draw political patronage on account of vote bank considerations, have announced married couples as brothers and sisters. <br /><br />The concern over the growing trend of chronic bachelorhood had also been a political issue in the run up to the Assembly elections last year. d which is what offered food for thought for the village elderly.<br /><br />The fact remains that Haryana villagers have often looked for brides from other states to address the problem of chronic bachelorhood.</p>
