There’s an interesting article on The Hindu today, that seems to be straight out of Walt Disney’s nightmares. A Hindu girl married a Christian boy, but because the boy lied about his faith in order to have a Hindu wedding, she appealed to the local courts in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to declare the marriage void. Failing that, she appealed to a higher court, until finally the marriage was annulled by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Then she married a Hindu boy.
The judges made their decision by the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955. I did not even know this law existed — it’s interesting that there is a political law in India specifically about Hindu marriage.
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There are two complex situations involved here. Why would a Christian boy lie about being Hindu? At the same time, was it really a lie? Perhaps he believed in Hindu philosophy, but did not officially convert (I don’t even know that there is a way to officially convert to Hinduism). Furthermore, doesn’t Hinduism consider every person a Hindu, whether or not they consider themselves Hindu?
Also, it saddens me that the Hindu girl would void her marriage after finding out that he was Christian. True, there is no excuse for him lying to her, but didn’t she love him for his personality? Why does being Christian make him any different?
Lastly, it’s pretty worrisome that there is a law regarding a specific religious practice in a secular state.
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