'Rapid Globalization Makes 'Contract Marriages' On Rise'

By Bismah Fatima / Hyderabad

If women walking into the cyber world with big jobs marked the beginning of an era of acceptance and social equality in Hyderabad, experts observe that the same in another context has led to further marginalisation of sections of women in certain communities in the city.

According to Dr Shahina Murtaza, associate professor at the department of women’s education in Maulana Azad National Urdu University, there has been a phenomenal rise in the practice of contract marriages in the Old City, which she believes is an impact of globalisation.