This tribe in Andhra Pradesh prefers to live and let ‘live-in’ Premium
The Hindu
Konda Reddi tribal woman, pregnant with fourth child, shares life in live-in relationship, tribal traditions, and community harmony.
Thrity-two-year-old Konda Reddi tribal woman Marigela Pandamma, a mother of three girls, is pregnant with her fourth baby.
The first three deliveries were normal and institutional. Now, in her third trimester, Ms. Pandamma says she had to abandon her sewing machine, which lies in a corner on the veranda of the house, upon her doctor’s recommendation.
The woman from the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) manages all her household chores to prepare an early dinner for her family even as she engages her daughters in their play.
Amid bone-chilling cold on a wintry evening, she waits for her husband to return from work. Mr. Pratap Reddy, her husband, is toiling to build their dream house adjacent to the house they live in, which his parents built.
Next summer, the couple will complete 12 years in their live-in relationship and they are eager to move into their new home with their fourth baby.
It all started with Mr. Pratap, a Jeep driver, falling in love with Ms. Pandamma. He managed to win her heart.
After deciding to enter into a live-in relationship, the couple convinced their parents first and then sought the tribe members’ consent to their relationship.
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