I am quoting from the report:
Umashankar Choudhary of Chaksaid village in Vaishali district gambled his wife, Sunanina Devi, to Manoj Singh of the same village.
"Umashankar gambled his wife when he lost his money, land, gold chain, motorcycle and even his watch in gambling," said Mahavir Pal, a local politician.
The incident occurred last week during Durga Puja festivities.
The victorious Singh demanded that Umashankar's wife be handed over to him.
Fortunately, the other villagers came forward and saved the wife from this humiliation. The village elders imposed a fine (Rs 5,000) on Umashankar Choudhary and asked him to pay the fine to victorious Singh. Thus, Singh did not get a woman but got some money instead. What is so shocking to me is that the village elders did not punish the two men who played with the honor of a woman.
This is a sad story and it indicates the miserable condition of Indian women in the rural areas. I wish that the Indian government comes forward to help women in the rural areas. Otherwise, gambling wife will become a big business in
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I am shocked to read the news. We can not assume that this kind of occurrence could happen in the modern civilization.
Posted by: Animesh Chandra Bain | November 3, 2007 1:20 PM | Permalink to Comment