LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 18:9 September 2018
ISSN 1930-2940

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Discussions on Child Marriage in Kudiarasu Magazine

A. Malarvizhi, M.A., M.Phil.

Abstract

Marriage is the first social institution which basically is a means “of establishing a family through which the society perpetuates”. It started during the emergence of surplus value and private property in the society. The rules and regulation were framed accordingly. Though the laws prevent marriage before 18 years, the reality gives a different picture. Majority of the girl children who were married below 18 years are from the poor and below poverty line families. In India, the child marriages were started in large scale even from the dawn of Christian era as per the sacred works of literature among the high castes. The holy Sastras also stressed the need for puberty marriages. Before independence, many social reformers fought for the abolition of child marriage. Periyar E.V. Ramasamy is a pioneer among them. The Sarada Act 1925 was passed, fixing minimum marriage for girls as 14 years with stiff resistance from orthodoxy. The consequences of this marriage are very pathetic- domestic violence, health and pregnancy problems and frequent deaths during childbearing, early widowhood etc. The inhuman treatment and denial of a remarriage at tender ages make the life of girls miserable. This paper deals with the situation prevalent during the Vedic and non-Vedic times. The contributions of Periyar to eradicate this social evil through his ideas are discussed in detail.

Keywords: Child marriage, Thanthai Periyar, Kudiarasu, Magazine, Poverty, domestic violence, Caste system.

Introduction

The printing machine, the subsequent reach of education to all sections, the entry of westerners and their cultural impact, the English Education given by them and the opportunities got by Indians to go to European countries for higher education, the sacred texts that were hitherto inaccessible getting translated by English and German scholars. The European Christian Missionaries that were started in 1600 AD and their growth, the services rendered by them here for 300 years, created huge impact in Indian social life. People started questioning many practices that were hitherto considered as sacred. A few learned people who had a humanitarian outlook towards the society, were frustrated over many of the practices followed by Indians being against nature and worse than animals. They started to work for reforming the society.

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A. Malarvizhi, M.A., M.Phil.
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
Periyar University, Salem 636 011
Tamilnadu
India
srimalarvizhi.a@gmail.com

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