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I am a Ph.D student in Sociology at the University of Wroclaw, Poland.
My Ph.D thesis documents the subjective biographical experiences of adult children in cross-region marriages (that break away from the traditional boundaries of region, caste, language, and culture within India) in rural Haryana. My PhD supervisor is Dr. hab. Iwona Taranowicz, Prof. UWr, a Polish family and medical sociologist.
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Haryana, in northern India, has a long history of a low female ratio and a gender regressive society. Men began to find it difficult to marry locally and hence brought wives from poor and distant locations. Cross-region marriages cross the customary barriers of village exogamy (marriage beyond one’s own village), caste endogamy (marriage within the...
Cross-regional marriages in rural Haryana, driven by skewed sex ratios, have led to a pattern where women from distant regions and diverse cultural backgrounds, such as ethnic Assamese, Bengalis, or Biharis, are married into local Haryanvi families. This practice echoes broader trends witnessed across East and Southeast Asia. Transcending tradition...
How can a historic constitutional amendment that focuses on the frequently 'neglected' half of society be understood in terms of its nature and efficacy? Pamela Singla, a renowned academic in gender studies from the University of Delhi, attempted to provide readers with an empirical response to the above question in her book Women's Participation i...
This paper makes a case for Gram Panchayats (or local self-governments) in rural Haryana to prevent violence and abuse against women in cross-regional marriages, and to promote inclusiveness. By using the notion of decentralization as the framework, the results of this research are based on a qualitative fieldwork conducted over two months in the M...