Download or read book Marriage, Love, Caste and Kinship Support written by Shalini Grover and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's Appraisals of their Secondary Partners -- Married Women and Unmarried Men -- 5. Informal Dispute Settlement: The Mahila Panchayats -- Legal and Non-legal Pluralisms in Everyday Life -- Biradari Panchayats -- The Mahila Panchayat in Mohini Nagar -- Arbitration at the Mahila Panchayat -- The Mahila Panchayat's Framework of Resolution -- Frequently Reported Grievances -- Bargaining for Solutions: The Mahila Panchayat's Articulations of Marriage(s) -- Discourses on Romantic Love and Love Marriages -- Conceptions of 'Nagging' and Post-marital Consensual Unions -- The Mahila Panchayat's Transformatory Character -- The Conservatism and Success of the Mahila Panchayat -- 6. Towards the Democratization of Marriage and Relationships Conclusion -- 7. Epilogue -- Annexure -- Bibliography -- Index