PICTURE a marriage: A groom wearing a sehra (forehead garland) and his bride in traditional attire seated before a fire pit. The divine sounds of mantras reverberating in the air. Only this time, they are being chanted not by a male priest, but a priestess.
Neeru Sharma, a Delhi woman who holds a double Masters degree in Economics, has broken the shackles of patriarchy by officiating marriage ceremonies. Why should only men be the priests, not women?
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