Traditional Indian weddings are usually big and fat, and such comes its rituals and traditions. While you will notice an endless series of needful events that need to be done in an Indian wedding, there’s a thin line between being sexist and respectful towards these rituals. Most surprisingly we tend to overlook these rituals and enjoy along with it. With the evoke of feminism, it is time we realise these sexist rituals store nothing in the name culture and tradition. In fact, these are simply misogynist. Scroll down to be aware of one.

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In this popular ritual, a bride is treated as a property where first she belongs to her father and later to her husband. No woman is a property of anyone but her own. This ritual is disrespectful in nature.

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Kashiyatra is being practiced in south Indian weddings where the groom has to get up in the middle of the marriage ceremony, refusing to marry the bride so that he can give up all the pleasures in life and attend kashiyatra. This doesn’t end here, once the groom starts walking away, the father of the bride has to chase, beg and cry to him for agreeing to marry the bride. We ask, why only the groom has to rebel against the marriage? Why can’t the bride stand up for the Kashi yatra? And even if the groom wants to not marry, why does the bride’s father have to chase? Why can’t the in-laws follow the same? We are still looking for answers!

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Popular among Bengali marriages, this ritual includes the groom saying out loud to his mother that he is going to get a daasi or slave for his mother. The fact of addressing one’s better half or wife as a slave is itself spine chilling and disgusting. No woman is a slave to anyone, not even to her husband and in-laws. This needs to stop right now!

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Kundali and dosha play crucial roles in an Indian wedding. Manglik is one such concept, measured by one’s birth details where the man marrying a Manglik woman is said to have ill marriage and life that can cause his death as well. Answer to the situation? Get the bride married to a tree or even a dog to clear her dosha or faulty horoscope. However, a Manglik man doesn’t require to follow these norms, he can simply marry another Manglik girl to clear his horoscope. If this isn’t a double standard, we don’t know what else is!

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