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In 20th-century India, the perfect Hindu wife was… a man

In 20th-century India, the perfect Hindu wife was… a man

Even though he wasn’t a woman, Bal Gandharva’s vision of the ‘traditional wife’ was given supremacy over every other form of womanhood.

Even though he wasn’t a woman, Bal Gandharva’s vision of the ‘traditional wife’ was given supremacy over every other form of womanhood.
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