Barmer, May 3 -- The age-old tradition of cross-border marriages among the Sodha community, which bridges Hindu families in Pakistan's Sindh province and western Rajasthan in India, now faces fresh uncertainty following the recent Pahalgam attack and subsequent policy shifts by the Indian government.

For decades, Hindu families of the Sodha gotra living across villages in Pakistan's Sindh province have relied on matrimonial alliances with counterparts in Rajasthan, India, due to traditional restrictions that prevent marriage within the same gotra.

However, tightening of cross-border regulations in the wake of heightened security concerns has put this social custom at risk.

Ram Singh Sodha, who migrated to India 19 years ago and became ...