Is the longitivity of the marriage as a relation at stake??

Marriage has always been considered as the most sacred, longest and the strongest bond shared between a human being and with his partner in his life time. According to our culture, i.e. in Indian marriages, it is a bond for seven lives, a never ending relation, which is shared between the bride and the groom. In fact, the ritual of fasting called karwachauth, a whole day fast, is kept by the Indian wives for the long life and never- ending relation with their husband. India has always been the best example, which has sustained the true meaning of marriage, and where the sacredness of marriage is respected and taken care of.

But, as the days are passing and people adopting more of western views and culture, the longevity and the strength of marriage as a bond shared between the husband and wife is at stake. It is fine; we should adopt the positive points of the other culture and use them to improvise our society and thinking. No doubt, the liberal thinking of the western culture has lead to great reformatory and positive measures in the Indian society, but it has somehow, very badly affected the strength of the marriage as a bond. Earlier, there were hardly any divorces seen in the Indian society, but now, fights, misunderstanding, and divorce has become a fashion these days. The ratio of the divorced brides and grooms has shoot up to a great extent suddenly, which is mainly because of the short tempered and the impatient behaviour adopted by the younger generation these days.

These days, people are more concerned about the ‘me’ factor, rather than ‘our’ and ‘we’, the feeling of togetherness and sacrifice has been replaced by the competitive feelings of intolerance and need for more money, name and fame. Each one of them, whether it’s the bride or the groom, no one is ready to bow their heads in front of their partner. The factor of selfishness and self- contentment overpowers the feeling of togetherness and love these days, which results to the parting off of a husband and wife. All such thinking and mentality, is leading us to a stage, where the longitivity of marriage as an undying bond is surely at stake. Therefore bride and groom need to make major changes in their attitude towards marriage and should try and make each possible effort to understand each other, before parting from each other and should help in maintaining the holiness of the marriage as an eternal bond.