This article challenges Anthony Giddens’ thesis that, with modernity, sexuality, marriage and romantic love become progressively disconnected. It investigates the relationship between the legal codification of marriage undertaken by the state and subsequent shifts in ideals of conjugality amongst the Gaddis of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, using ethno-graphic and legal sources. It examines changes in marriage forms and marriage pre-stations and analyses the relationship between legal processes and local ideals.
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