I stay in Australia. A lot of people have always asked about arranged marriages. They think that Indians who have an arranged marriage never see there would-be spouse before the wedding and both the girl's and the boy's parents make the decision. Though this does not happen nowadays ( the boy and the girl meet a couple of times, talk to each other about there likes , dislikes etc and then agree/disagree to get married).... most of the people think that arranged marriage is an attrocity for the youngters in India...I guess if it was an atrocity the divorce rate in India wouldn't be so low as compared most of these western countries.
RE:Ignorance about India
by amrit on Feb 29, 2008 03:47 AM Permalink
Very good point R!! The problem is not with how they view our system, the problem is how much confidence we have in our system!
RE:Ignorance about India
by Kittappa on Feb 29, 2008 05:13 AM Permalink
In India the divorce rate used to be low because women had no other option but to do as her husband suggested. What freedom did woman enjoy? How much say did she have in anything? Since she was dependent on the husband in every way, she couldnt divorce at all. Since women are having more financial freedom these days, they wouldnt mind divorcing. get your facts right before posting
RE:Ignorance about India
by super success on Feb 29, 2008 04:29 AM Permalink
i am proud to be hindu . atleast in hindu there is no word like divorce or talaq. i think foreigner should follow our tradition
RE:RE:Ignorance about India
by Kittappa on Feb 29, 2008 05:15 AM Permalink
should follow what: of suppressing women? of dowry? of formale foeticide? of giving preferencial treatment to boy child? of not letting women do what they want and marrying them of? finally claiming that our culture is the greatest and others should follow the same? that is what hard core muslims are also doing!
RE:Ignorance about India
by amrit on Feb 29, 2008 07:46 PM Permalink
Where do you come from? Some backward village of Tamil Nadu or Kerala? All the things you mentioned do not happen among the literate, sensible Indians. I have a solution to India's problems in general. Just carry out a national survey to identify all illiterate, non-sensible, useless people and shoot them all. It takes care of the population, resources and all seeds of trouble. Until that is done, upholding any good attribute for all of India would be an impossible task at least for another 30 years.
RE:Ignorance about India
by Chandra Paul on Feb 29, 2008 03:56 AM Permalink
hey.. i stay in Swiss.. i think you don't understand about the marriage-divorce system in foreign countries. the compensation is very much high in divorce cases when compared to the Indian system. so they all prefer to have out-of-marriage relation and are happy having children that way.
RE:Ignorance about India
by benicenow on Feb 29, 2008 04:11 AM Permalink
well if you leave some educated population in India, Generally wife has no value she waits whole day at home, suppressed by husband and in-laws Actually woman has no equal rights they are told all the time what to do, which is simply just not possible. please see How many Dowry related deaths in West ???????? Don't be proud of things like that , be rational
