Lucknow Bride

Turning tables on patriarchy, a bride from Lucknow, instead of the groom, brought the wedding procession or "baraat" to her wedding ceremony.

Fed up of being harassed over dowry demand, the family members of a girl in Lucknow tonsured the groom, his father and the brother on Sunday. The police had to step in to control the protests in Kurramnagar area of the city. The bride's family has filed a police complaint after the incident.

On Sunday, as Uttar Pradesh voted in phase three of elections, one bride in Lucknow decided to delay her wedding ceremony. Here's why.

Lack of a proper toilet is least of the reasons for which a young woman would revolt. Not at least in Uttar Pradesh's countryside where half the population is forced to defecate out in the open.But for Priyanka, a Class 12 student in Maharajganj district, 365 km from Lucknow, lack of a toilet was a big challenge.

Turning tables on patriarchy, a bride from Lucknow, instead of the groom, brought the wedding procession or "baraat" to her wedding ceremony.

Fed up of being harassed over dowry demand, the family members of a girl in Lucknow tonsured the groom, his father and the brother on Sunday. The police had to step in to control the protests in Kurramnagar area of the city. The bride's family has filed a police complaint after the incident.

On Sunday, as Uttar Pradesh voted in phase three of elections, one bride in Lucknow decided to delay her wedding ceremony. Here's why.

Lack of a proper toilet is least of the reasons for which a young woman would revolt. Not at least in Uttar Pradesh's countryside where half the population is forced to defecate out in the open.But for Priyanka, a Class 12 student in Maharajganj district, 365 km from Lucknow, lack of a toilet was a big challenge.