India, Nov. 29 -- Polygamy in Assam is not an overnight phenomenon; it is the outcome of a long, layered history where culture, migration, socio-economic factors, and weak legal enforcement all collided to create a system that silently crushed women generation after generation. When Assam passed the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill 2025, it wasn't a random political gesture. It was the state finally admitting a long-hidden social wound, turning towards a future where women are not treated as replaceable, divisible assets. The law signals that the era of silent suffering is over and that accountability will finally walk into bedrooms where injustice once hid behind customs and religious freedoms.

Polygamy's roots in Assam can be traced ...