Bride Buying: Response to Bride Shortage in Rural Haryana

Anjali Radkar

Artha Vijnana, 2014, vol. 56, issue 2, 169-184

Abstract: Shortage of brides is a consequence of lesser number of females in Haryana over a long stretch of time. If men don't choose to remain unmarried, those who don’t get the wife locally buy brides from other states. The men who need to buy brides are typically rural, uneducated, less educated or unemployed. Sufferers of low sex ratio belong to lower socio-economic strata. In rural Haryana, extent of bride buying is reported in 3.18 per cent households, which amounts to a large number. Practice is widespread which continues for a long time. This study reports the cases even upto 45 years and extent of such marriages is growing over time. Average amount the bride’s family receives is not very high, just about Rs.40,000/-, out of which nothing goes to the bride. Cross border wives are not well accepted and respected in the community. They are treated with prejudice. In spite of it the practice persists and brides come from all over India. If decline in child sex ratio continues across the country, it will be hard for future generation men in Haryana to buy cross border brides.

Date: 2014
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