Kolkata man marries his grandmother
Reuters
Posted online: Friday, March 19, 2004 at 1450 hours IST
Panchpara, March 19: A 25-year-old man has married his 80-year-old grandmother because he wanted to take care of her.
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¡°I felt she needed extra care as she is old and can look after her better as a husband than as a grandson,¡± Narayan Biswas told Reuters.
¡°As a husband, I am with her all the time, to care for her," said the high school graduate, who farms rice fields and also works as a tutor.
The grandmother, her back bent with age, says she is happy with her young husband whom she married in a traditional Hindu ceremony near Panchpara, a village 150 km (100 miles) West of Calcutta. Her first husband died more than 30 years ago.
¡°I helped bring him up with my own hands and now he looks after me. He is a good husband and ensures I get my meals on time,¡± said Premodas Biswas, a red vermilion streak on her forehead, the mark of a married Hindu woman.
Local officials say marrying a blood relation is illegal under the Hindu Marriage Act, but they have no plans to take action against the couple.
¡°There has been no complaint against them and they are living as husband and wife after a temple ceremony. Their own family has accepted them so we have no plans to act as of now,¡± Dilip Das, a local government official, told Reuters.
Last June, a nine-year-old girl was married to a dog near Calcutta after a priest told her parents the wedding would ward off evil.
Reuters
Posted online: Friday, March 19, 2004 at 1450 hours IST
Panchpara, March 19: A 25-year-old man has married his 80-year-old grandmother because he wanted to take care of her.
Advertisement
¡°I felt she needed extra care as she is old and can look after her better as a husband than as a grandson,¡± Narayan Biswas told Reuters.
¡°As a husband, I am with her all the time, to care for her," said the high school graduate, who farms rice fields and also works as a tutor.
The grandmother, her back bent with age, says she is happy with her young husband whom she married in a traditional Hindu ceremony near Panchpara, a village 150 km (100 miles) West of Calcutta. Her first husband died more than 30 years ago.
¡°I helped bring him up with my own hands and now he looks after me. He is a good husband and ensures I get my meals on time,¡± said Premodas Biswas, a red vermilion streak on her forehead, the mark of a married Hindu woman.
Local officials say marrying a blood relation is illegal under the Hindu Marriage Act, but they have no plans to take action against the couple.
¡°There has been no complaint against them and they are living as husband and wife after a temple ceremony. Their own family has accepted them so we have no plans to act as of now,¡± Dilip Das, a local government official, told Reuters.
Last June, a nine-year-old girl was married to a dog near Calcutta after a priest told her parents the wedding would ward off evil.
