IT WAS LORD CANNINGS WHO WITH THE HELP OF ISWARCHANDRA VIDYASAGAR PASSED AN ACT IN 1856 THAT DURING THAT PERIOD THAT IS MORE THAN 165 YEARS AGO CHILD MARRIAGE WAS PREVALENT IN INDIAN SOCIETYS AND MOST OF THE YOUNG GIRLS BECAME WIDOWS AT AN AGE OF 12 OR 14 YEARS DURING CHILDHOOD WITHOUT ANY SEXUAL INTERCOURSE OR CHILD.

1 THIS ACT WAS PASSED BY LORD CANNINGS AND ISWARCHNDRA VIDYASAGAR SUPPORTED THIS CAUSE IN THIS ACT A HINDU WIDOW AS PER THOSE TRADITION WILL SHAVE OFF HER HAIRS AND WEAR ONLY ONE WHITE SAREE WITHOUT BLOUSE,LORD CANNINGS PASSED THIS ACT FOR WIDOWS REMARRIAGE AND BRING A CHANGE OF PERCEPTION AMONGST THE INDIANS BUT DUE TO ILLETRACY AMONGST THE MASSES THE ELDERS FORBID THE WOMEN FROM REMARRIAGE,AS THE SUPER RICH THOUGHT THAT THE SECOND HUSBAND WOULD TAKE THEIR MONEY AND PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE RE MARRIIAGE OF THE WIDOWS HENCE TO PREVENT ANY DIISTRIBUTIION OF WEALTH THE ELDERS OF THE FAMILY REFUSED TO MARRY THE WIDOW TO A 2ND HUSBAND LORD BENTICK BANNED SATI WITH THE HELP OF RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY A SOCIAL REFORMER AND WAS PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL IN BANNING SATI OR BURNING OF WIDOW ON THE FUNERAL PYRE OF HER DEAD HUSBAND, 165 YEARS HAVE PASSED EVEN NOW THE CONDITION OF INDIAN WIDOWS IS SAME I THINK AFTER 165 YEARS OUR INDIAN SOCIETY MAY THINK OF REMARRIAGE OF WIDOWERS AND WIDOWS SO THAT THEY CAN START A FRESH SECOND INNINGS OF THEIR LIVES,NON GOVT ORGANISATIONS THE PRESENT GOVT WILL REVIEW THIS 165 YEARS OLD WIDOW REMARRIAGE ACT AND BY 2024 BRING A NEW LEGISLATION FOR REMARRIAGE OF WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS WHO ARE OLD AND NEED EACH OTHERS HELP IN THE TWILIGHT YEARS OF THEIR LIVES AS CHILDREN ARE GROWN UP AND STAY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND THEY BOTH FEEL LONELY HENCE TO AVOID ANY LONLINESS IN OLD AGE WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS MAY COME FORWARD TO REMARRY AND LIVE HAPPILY IN ORDER TO AVOID LONLINESS AND DESERTATIONS BY THEIR MARRIED CHILDREN WHO LEAVE THEM ALONE WHEN THEY NEED THEIR HELP DURING THE TWILIGHT OLD AGE OF THEIR LIVES NEW LAWS MAY BE PASSED IN PARLIAMENT TO SUPPORT THIS GENUINE CAUSE FOR THE WELL BEING OF OLD AGED WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS IN INDIA AS WE ARE ALL LIVING IN THE 21 ST CENTURY AND NOT IN THE YEAR 1856 WHEN TODAY LIVE IN RELATIONSHIP IS PERMITTED BY SOCIETY THEN I FEEL TODAY PEOPLE WILL NOT RAISE ANY EYEBROW ON SEEING WIDOWERS AND WIDOWS LIVING TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE AS IT WILL BE LEGALLY PERMITTED BY THE SOCIIETY IN INDIA AND THERE WILL BE LESS CASES OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIONS IIN OLD AGE WHEN YOU HAVE A CARING AND LOVIING SOULMATE IN THE SECOND INNINGS OF YOUR LIVES SO THINK OF YOURSELVES AND FORM GROUPS IN WATSUPS TO SUPPORT THIS NOBLE CAUSE FROM AMARJIT SINGH KAHAI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RETD MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA INDIA