The Changing Face Of Marriage Over Time

Marriage is an institution which has for long been held in reverence.

- Rinky Marwaha

If we consider us Indians, per se, marriage is taken as a religion, even. It is sacred, something to be treasured, to be worked at, and to be understood as a symbol of undying love and trust between two individuals. If we are bound by marriage, we have taken a vow of keep seven promises to each other till the date we die– one is to be faithful to each other, another is to keep the our partner happy and loved, also to look after our soulmate in times of distress, need and illness and so on and forth.

These seven vows, which are taken in front of a holy fire, tie the husband and wife with each other for years together. If taken seriously and if followed right down the ‘T’, these principles are more than enough to keep the couple bonded in matrimony in a state of sheer happiness throughout their lives. Who would not always keep smiling and laughing if they have a person beside them to share their dreams and aspirations and still stand up for them when times are amiss? 

You laugh when your partner laughs………

If we have a special someone who laughs when we do, who cries when we do, and is always there by our side, we feel all izz well with the world, do we not? We feel all pepped up and sprightly inside of us as if we are bursting with glee and with untold joy. Marriage, in today’s times, is not given the credence it used to be. In fact, it would not be surprising that in times to come, if this ‘little piece of signed paper’ is given the go-by signal by certain snobs – there is a perception today that why does one need the desire to legalize the wish to live together as a couple – that two people can still go in for this kind of an arrangement without proclaiming it in front of their kith and kin or get an approving nod from the government of the land for this.