EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN--- BANE OR BOON FOR INDIAN MARRIAGE

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Marriage is an institution of love and promises.It is an institution of responsibility and understanding.It is all about caring and sharing and it is based on mutual trust and respect.The very institution starts showing signs of crack in case any one of the building blocks of the institution withers away.In the context of indian society,the institution of marriage forms the basis of social development and it commands a unique place intransmittingfamily,social and cultural values from one generation to another.The matrimonial arrangements in india,thus,witness the involvement of lots of people from families concerned and close relation.Utmost care is taken to make the relationship a successful one.Failed relationship carries social stigma and becomescenterof discussion for long.

It is not that the catastrophic divorce did not struck this pious and fragile relationship in the past as it takes it tolls today but with the spate in cases of divorce over the past few years,we seek to establish the reason for increased cases of divorce so that we can understand the changing values of indian society.In this pursuit,unfortunetly,women are made scapegoat and blamed for broken marriages.They are supposed to carry on even with embittered relationship bearing all the troubles and hardships and even a hiss on their part put them guilty of not shouldering responsibility attached with marriage.This is the truth of indian families where hardly grooms are held responsible for the debacle.

We just tend to perpetuate our long-drawn habit of putting blame on fairer -sex when we attribute women empowerment as the reason for increased cases of divorce these days.It seems as if we have found a new weapon to attack them in this regard.Not just 10 or 15 years back,visibility of indian women in public places were relatively thinner and they were not as empowered (socially and economically) as todays generations.Still there were cases of strained relationship and pathetic walks-away.We still had cases of divorce and acrimonious legal follow-ups.Then what was it which caused trouble those days?

In fact, any relationship in any time period is doomed to failure if it lacks love,compassion and respect to each other.It will not work if respective responsibilities are shirked and hatred,torture along with disrespect become affair of the day.If we cases of divorce in the past,it was only because there was a systematic cruelty in the name of dowry and kul-khandan,If we have more cases of divorce today,it is only because we have grown more intolerant than before in spite of society getting more educated andenlightened.It has absolutely nothing to do with women getting empowered.On the contrary,empowerment of women can give a new positive direction to society by educating andsalvagingthe very families thy are part of.

In course ofanalyzingthe impact of women empowerment on society,it has wrongly beeninferred that their economic freedom is the cause of all the troubles leading to degradation of family-structure.But there is no provedcorrelationbetween them and the accusation seems to bedesperationofpatriarchalattitude which still rule the roost in indian society.We should not forget that the same mentality onceopposedthe idea of girls education when some reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Ray and Vidyasagar sought toestablishschools for girls in some part of india.The same happened to the causes of widow-remarriage,sati-pratha and other reforms aimed at ameliorating the condition of women .Those who opposed reforms had asinisterplan to confine womenfolk behind four walls in the name of preserving family and social sanctity.The ongoing opposition against working women seems more or less ridden with same regressive motives.But the situation will improve much in coming days as is seen in case of girls education,which was unthinkable just a century back.

The confusion has been compounded even because things are not placed in true perspective.It should be noted that its not the economic freedom of women rather awerness about their rights and demand for equal treatment without subjugation,violence and bias which lead to feud and tension.Most of the indian families,unfortunetly,do not guarantee these basic promises to girls and hence,confrontation ensues.If we are really interested in protecting our families from ruining ,we should shed some orthodoxbehavior and start giving due respect and freedom to our womenfolk.This is the fundamental change we must strive to bring about in social front.Apart from that, it requires deep thinking andcontinuouseffort on our part to mouldsome cynical social norms so that it can fulfill dreams and desires of women without beingunnecessary harassed.So far as the question of rearing a child in the familily is concerned,both the husband and the wife should take a harder look at their roles and find new ways toharmonizerelationship so that nobody suffers.

There is no denying the fact that the education of girls over a period of decades has contributed immense in several ways.Empowerment of women in india can also script a new success story in the advancement of society,civilization and economy.Need of the time is to restructure our thoughts,and values as per the requirement of changing times.Equally important is the manifestation of unconditional love,care and respect towards each and everyone in the family.This way only we can reap the benefits of women empowerment even without compromising with our deep-rooted family-values.

vashistha ray

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EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN--- BANE OR BOON FOR INDIAN MARRIAGE

By: bashistha ray

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