Oh, they are beautiful, traditional rituals—the turmeric ceremony, the auspicious gaze, the vermilion application, the bride's first meal at the groom's house. But my life taught me to see the 'sngewbha' in a different way. I found their weight, especially sindoor daan and bou bhaat, to be heavy with a patriarchy that marks a woman as property, which is why my own marriage was a quiet signing of papers at the courthouse in Shillong.
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