Anthropology

  The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 was introduced in India to amend the previously existing Hindu Succession Act, 1956. It aims at providing equality, which has been enshrined in the constitution. In this study, an attempt has been made to understand the various key changes brought in by the amendment. The impact of the amendment has been assessed and the various flaws in the amendment have also been pointed out. The findings of this study reveal that the Act has not been implemented satisfactorily. Introduction Hindu women have suffered time-hallowed disproportion in terms of rights related to inheritance. The first major step towards emancipation was achieved by the enactment of the  Hindu Succession Act, 1956 , which reformed women’s rights to a certain extent. Almost 50 years later, the  Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005  (hereinafter referred to as The Act), an amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, received the assent from President of Indi...

  Table of Contents What Same-Sex Parenting Does to Kinship . 2 Homosexuality and Relationships with Biological Relatives . 3 Same-Sex Parenting, Biologism and Filiation . 5 An Historical Break in the Kinship System? . 7 The Unanswered Question of Same-Sex Marriages in India . 11 LGBT+ marriage: To secure equality in civil rights, family law must also be reformed . 14 The discourse must shift beyond marriage to account for all aspects of state regulation of the family. 14 The marriage question . 14 Complexity of family law .. 17 Going beyond marriage . 18 Rent-a-bike facility in Kerala: . 20 Himalayan brown bears: . 20 Kisan Suryodaya Yojana: . 21 Mount Girnar: . 21                     What Same-Sex Parenting Does to Kinship   What are the effects of same-sex parenting on the kinship system of Western societies? A collection of international papers edited by t...