A credit policy for farmers is being misused, often twisted to serve dowry demands and other non-agricultural ends.
![Mohsin (right) and his father in their home near Meerut, India, ponder over how they will repay a loan they took out on a credit scheme for farmers. Their loan was to pay off a dowry for Mohsin's sister [Ismat Ara/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC_0147-1749527347.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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In an annual event in Madhubani, grooms stand in public display and male guardians of girls select them for marriage.
Inspired by Netflix show, Kshama Bindu, 24, tied knot with herself last month in first example of ‘sologamy’ in India.
