European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes tuesday november 26, 1985 India s Man of 89 wives by Santosh Basak associated Pressi t is said that Krishna the Fertility god of the Cowherd and a favorite of the Shepher Desses in hindu mythology had As Many As 32,000 lovers. India s Mogul emperors and maharajas had harems of nubile Maidens numbering in the hundreds. Keeping that Lusty legacy alive today is a 61 year old Patent Medicine Salesman who claims to have wed 89 women and lost an inherited Fortune in the process. But Uday Nath Dakhin Ray a contented if broke local celebrity vows to make it an even 100. I must have 100 wives before i die and i jays Ray who is planning to take a 19-year-old As his next Bride. The Only intoxication in my life is sex and i love with a Wink and a Grin he claims he already has otters trom seven prospective brides. Ray s amorous exploits Are part of the accepted lore in Orali in Eastern Orissa state. 90 Miles South of Calcutta. His neighbors the police and his current and former wives All agree that Ray is a master of Matrimony. Bui everyone except Ray. Has lost count. And no one cares except Ray. He s obsessed. A Young woman makes a Man younger in mind body and spirit says Ray whose Library is filled with books on film heroines and sexual fitness. A woman is a Man s better half so Many women Only make a better polygamy it la toil but not unknown in India especially in Rural areas where a Rich Man sometimes lakes several wives. Ray s marriages May be a record of sorts. His claims were widely reported in the Indian press. But the guinness Book of world records Only lists the record number of marriages in traditionally monogamous countries. Ray says his marital adventures began 36 years ago when his 15-year-old first wite abandoned him. Two weeks after their marriage he went Back to Calcutta Lor school finals and she returned to her father s Village. She never came Back. My Glrst wife pushed me into this by leaving me Ray snarls. The humiliation was unbearable. People Ray vowed to prove that he was virile and desirable. I decided to fill my bed with women to marry 99 other girls to hit a two years later he married again. He has t stopped since. Ray now lives under the same thatched roof with one wife and visits another regularly in another House he owns in the Village. Ray a slender pleasant looking Man says he once had 16 squabbling competing spouses living together under one Root. Most walked out in disgust. He does t know the whereabouts of Many of his mates Over the years. Some died and most abandoned him. Many just went Back to their families but some divorced him and sued Tor his property. He says he has Only 11 children including three at Home. Ray says there Are precedents of polygamy in hindu mythology and Indian history. He says that by one account Krishna had 32,000 lovers. Even my Grandfather had three wives my Uncle had Lour and my father had two Ray says. So Why not me although Ray was born a wealthy Man his Uday Nath i Khan Ray and two of i wive. Extravagance and lawsuits by wives have reduced him to poverty. But that has not discouraged him trom marrying poor girls who bring him gifts. He spends less than $8 on weddings these Days. The new wife will have to live with me in poverty he says. Ii she likes it she stays if she does to she goes Home. I never try to bring them Back. I just marry although Ray is breaking the Law he shrugs. Never mind the Law it has not stopped me yet and it cannot Stop a local police superintendent agrees Toler Antly calling Ray a much married unless there is a formal complaint the police do nothing explained officer Gour Chandra Kar. No one has complained. Most of his neighbors like Ray Don t care about his personal affairs and appreciate his kindness in treating poor villagers who Are ill. Many Don t know that bigamy is against the Law. Ray asked the secret of his Success and stamina said he is a Teet Taler does t drink Coffee or Tea and does t smoke. I will Tell you my secret he says. Ii an old Man like me can marry Young women he will become today s crossword by Eugene Sheffer across 1 discharge 5 Pasternak heroine 9 of mire and "12 teaming 13 overt 14 american humorist 16 succeeds 17 Barbie s Beau 18 humor 19 Cara or Ryan 21 heavenly body 24 Region 25 Metal 26 fashioned again 30 inquire 31 St. Eliza Beth 32 sin War a suing or 33 unnecessary 315 Rural Lane e site 36 cure 37 narrow Way 38 demand 40 anti toxins 42 three Loe sloths 43 take a urn in chess 48 Camp bed 49 author Midwig 50 greek under ground 51 a chorus Une number 52 soaks flax 53 hardens avg. 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