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An Indian man who had only been married for six days helped his new
wife marry her lover so that the three of them could be happy together.
On March 4, 28-year-old Basudep Tappo, a native of Palmara village,
in the Indian state of Odisha, married a 24-year-old woman from a
village in Jharsuguda, as per the arrangement made by their two
families.
Their wedding followed the traditions of the farmer community to
which Tappo belonged, and even though no legal papers were signed, the
two received the community’s blessings, so they became husband and wife.
All was well for the first six days, but then three men from the
bride’s home village came to visit and things took a bizarre turn.
The three men, one of whom claimed to be the woman’s cousin, were
welcomed by Basudep’s family into the couple’s home. At one point, two
of the men left the house to visit the village, while the two cousins
remained home alone.
Unfortunately for them, the neighbors didn’t approve of a strange
man being alone with a newlywed woman, so they descended upon the house
and beat up the audacious ‘cousin’.
Seeing the man pummelled by the mob, the woman came forward and
confessed that he was in fact her old lover, whom her family did not
approve of. They had married her of to Tappo instead, despite her
protests, and the two of them had no choice but to continue their
romance in secret.
Such a confession would usually have tragic consequences in many
parts of rural India, where adultery is considered a mortal sin, but
after hearing his new wife’s explanation, Basudep Tappo came up with a
peaceful is somewhat unconventional solution. He suggested that the
woman marry her lover as well.
The man then contacted his wife’s family (her brother and sister,
as her parents are no more) to tell them about the plan and get them to
agree. Once that was settled, they organised a second traditional
wedding, between the wife and her lover, which also got the community’s
blessing.
“The lives of three people would have been destroyed had I not
done this. This was the only solution. Now all of us can be happy,” Tappo said.
Basudep’s mother, Sanibari Tappo, praised his wisdom, telling the
Times of India that he had made the best decision, under the
circumstances.
“Our lives would have become more complicated had this solution not been reached,” the woman said. “We will never forget his contribution.”
“When we came to know of Basudep’s decision, we felt that it
was the most appropriate thing to do in such a situation. So the entire
village came forward to support his wife’s second marriage,” said Gajendra Bagh, the head of Pamara village.
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Via Oddity Central
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