Indian laws are strange. There is a lot of talk of equality here but in reality the law itself does not provide equal rights. One of the most troubling aspects in this regard is that if a Hindu man has the desire/ability to marry more than one woman and the respective women willingly consent to such marriage, Indian law denies this right to a Hindu man by banning bigamy. And at the same time gives permission to other religious people. Where is the equality? It is not known from what exact tradition such restriction has been imposed on Hindu men. That I don't know (but I aspire to know it) what tradition of Hindus was assumed behind this oppressive condition of monogamy for Hindu men, because polygamy is an important feature of Hindu tradition except in exceptional cases. One can give examples of one hundred polygamous marriages against one monogamous marriage. Then it is not known what basic tradition was taken into account when making this law. Monogamy law violates the basic human rights of Hindu men to marry more than once and of women who consent to such marriages. Monogamy law prevents many Hindu men and women from the natural joy of polygamous married life.
Now Hindu men who aspire to polygamous marriages have to resort to wrong ways for no reason as there is no provision in the law. For fear of law, they have to restrain their natural love. Otherwise, they have to resort to conversion for no reason. Nowadays, it is known that there is a law that if someone converts only for marriage, he will not be allowed. Hindu marriage Act must be changed and monogamy should be abolished.
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