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| pub_date       = 20 October 2005&lt;br /&gt;
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| pages          = 384&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Love&amp;#039;s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a 2005 book by Indian author, academic and activist [[Ruth Vanita]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Reviews:&lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation|last=Choudhury|first=Sonya Dutta|date=19 December 2005|magazine=India Today|title=Moving through mythology and popular culture, this book celebrates the forbidden love that is at the centre of a raging debate|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/20051219-book-loves-rite-same-sex-marriage-in-india-and-west-by-ruth-vanita-786330-2005-12-19}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation|publisher=White Crane Institute|title=Review|url=https://www.whitecraneinstitute.org/2006/10/white_crane_70.html|first=Amara Das|last=Wilhelm|date=16 October 2006}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation|last=Banerjee|first=Sikata|date=November 2007|doi=10.1080/09612020701447863|issue=5|journal=Women&amp;#039;s History Review|page=798–800|title=none|volume=16|s2cid=219611286}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation|last=Dave|first=Naisargi N.|date=Spring 2011|issue=1|journal=Feminist Studies|jstor=23069881|pages=14–27|title=Abundance and Loss: Queer Intimacies in South Asia|volume=37}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Synopsis==&lt;br /&gt;
The book is an analysis of the issues surrounding the [[recognition of same-sex unions]], and the relevance of this debate in democratic societies such as India. Vanita asks &amp;quot;Why should the state&amp;#039;s refusal to recognise a union as marriage mean that the union is not a marriage?&amp;quot; Vanita emphasises the history of recognition of same-sex love, and notes that, based on her expert knowledge of ancient Indian texts, same-sex love and relationships are &amp;quot;deeply rooted in Indian culture&amp;quot;. Vanita discusses the cultural and legal implications of same-sex marriage in India and the West.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;penguin&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://penguinqa.srijan-sites.com/en/content/loves-rite|access-date=2015-12-17|title=Love&amp;#039;s Rite|publisher=[[Penguin Books India]]}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{primary source inline|date=December 2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Reception==&lt;br /&gt;
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In &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[India Today]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Sonya Dutta Choudhury praised the book, describing it as &amp;quot;impeccably scholarly&amp;quot; and a &amp;quot;persuasive case&amp;quot;. However, whilst praising the academic value of the book, Choudhury also wrote that &amp;quot;The book with its wide and wandering thesis is an excellent handbook for the activist or the student of gender. For the rest, reading Alan Hollinghurst&amp;#039;s lyrical prose or Jeanette Winterson&amp;#039;s intense drama is an infinitely more enjoyable way of recognising the reality of same-sex love and a consequent case for marriage&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{harvtxt|Choudhury|2005}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Terry Castle]], Professor at Stanford University and editor of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Literature of Lesbianism&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  also gave a positive review, describing the book as &amp;quot;absorbing&amp;quot; and noting how it &amp;quot;shows how subtly and imaginatively Indian attitudes toward same-sex unions have evolved over the centuries-and offers a marvelously global perspective characterised by profound historical understanding, impeccable scholarship, and a rare and delightful precision of feeling&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;penguin&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{better source|date=December 2015|reason=The professors remarks should be directly sourced, not sourced through the book&amp;#039;s own promotional review page}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:2000s LGBT literature]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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