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SMA rules must be reconsidered

SMA rules must be reconsidered

The fractious question of interfaith relationships was first legislated in India in the second half of the 19th century as sweeping reformist movements such as Brahmo Samaj petitioned the British government to find a path forward for couples separated by religion, and the diktat of their strict customary laws. But this law, enacted in 1872, […]