'Brahmin brides fund', state enforced endogamy and the criminalisation of love - https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/brahmin-brides-fund-state-enforced-endogamy-and-criminalisation-love-141749 *'Brahmin brides fund', state enforced endogamy and the criminalisation of love* Written by : Maitreyi Krishnan Published:19th Jan, 2021 at 3:48 PM Three months ago, in October, 2020, in Ramanagara, about 44 km from Bengaluru, a 19-year-old girl was killed, allegedly by her own father, for having fallen in love with a man from another community. In early December, 2020, a young interfaith couple was forcibly separated. The man was arrested and the woman was forcibly placed in a shelter home despite repeated pleas from her that the marriage was consensual and that she loved him. The woman was then forced into a miscarriage. Last month, the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh brought in an ordinance that effectively attacked such interfaith marriages. Last week, the Karnataka State ...