CHILD MARRIAGE: THE UGLY REALITY OF 21ST CENTURY
" The discrimination against women begins from womb and ends with tomb." In India, Marriage is considered as one of the most important social institutions through which society perpetuates as it is a means of establishing family relations. This social institution is expressed in many forms of rituals and ceremonies. One such way is child marriage. Child marriage is considered as one of the burning and hot issues of Indian society. It is formal or informal union before age 18. It is a violation of children’s human rights and a form of gender-based violence that leaves physical, psychological and emotional scars for life . It robs children of their childhood and disrupts their education and drives vulnerability to violence, discrimination and abuse. One another form of practice of child marriage is that in which the parents of the would-be bride and groom arrange a future marriage. In this kind of marriage both, the girl and th...