![]() ![]() However, particular communities did recognize these marriages. Many governments in history have refused to recognize certain marriages. The book is going to be reissued this summer as Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India, with a new cover, new preface and a list of all the same-sex couples I have been able to record, who either got married or committed joint suicide since 1980. In the book Love’s Rite: Same Sex Marriage in India and the West (2005) you wrote, “While state recognition is desirable, the state’s refusal to recognize a union as marriage does not mean that the union is not a marriage.” Please help us unpack that. Interview: Ruth Vanita, author, Love’s Rite: Same Sex Marriage in India ![]() ![]() In every country, marriage equality has taken a long time to be established. The same argument has been made in every country where the matter has gone to court, including the US. How did you feel when the Government of India recently filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court implying that same-sex marriage is incompatible with Indian laws and culture? ![]() Ruth Vanita, author, Love’s Rite: Same Sex Marriage in India. A Professor of English and Co-director of South and South-East Asian Studies at the University of Montana, she has painstakingly documented same-sex marriages that have taken place in India even in the absence of legal recognition from the state. Ruth Vanita is an ardent supporter of same-sex marriage in India. ![]()
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