Is Our Indian Traditional Marriage Losing Its Charisma?
Storizen|July 2022
My 28-year-old niece has no immediate plans to get married, as she feels that marriage is the culmination of too many responsibilities and commitments, especially for a woman.
Ankur R Gupta
Is Our Indian Traditional Marriage Losing Its Charisma?

She is reluctant but not against the idea of getting married, as she apprises me of her apprehensions. “The day I get married, I will be either continuously coerced into having a child or following never-ending customs & duties for which I’m not yet ready. “My focus is on my career and to attain some financial stability, which I can pursue hassle-free by remaining either single or in living-in ‘’.

We must have heard this changing mindset on marriage - too much responsibility, compromises, obstacles in freedom and career from every 8 out of 10 of the millenniums around us. So, why is it that today’s urban youth is feeling so and shying away from this Indian traditional norm that has been an integral part of our culture for centuries?

Is it because this generation is more pragmatic and less committed, and the relevance of permanence is missing from them. Or is it our social system that is mainly responsible for it? Well, I feel it is a coalescence of both, says Vidhya Ramani, the yoga & holistic therapist at Yoga Bharati, who deals with people of all ages.

THE CHANGING MINDSET OF GEN Z AND THEIR DILEMMAS

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