Is Love Marriage Still A Crime For Indian Parents?
So after a long period and then boosting up my energy since last two days finally am here along with my new blog. I know again its related something to marriage n Indian thinking(may be again am ready to criticize Indian society) but what else i can do.Being a part of youth population and having Indian parents what else you can expect from me :-P .Well this blog is dedicated to all those people who are in love n struggling to convince their parents and specially to those younger siblings whose elder sis or bro are struggling to marry their love(and more than them you).
Well lets generalize the equation(say situation):-Boy meets a Girl(worst if introduced by her sibling);love at first sight;starts approaching her(again via sibling and sibling still unaware as guys are smart enough in this);both of them start watching movies in short start dating;and then they fall in love and confess to spend their life together..............
Excuse Me!this is just a beginning.Now is the time to inform respective parents.As ladies first is the famous keyword;the journey starts from her family.First sibling(who almost gets a minor attack not because Sis is going for Love marriage but because today onwards their are no chance of you doing love marriage as you are the only one last hope of your parents),then mom(who herself is not ready and blames father's short temperament);and then the head of the family-Dad(who acts cooler than mom as he loves his daughter but actually is a nice actor).
Slowly slowly after a big session of emotional drama the scene gets very clear that after all being Indian Girl(stubborn) she will not marry anyone else but the guy shez in love.And if married forcefully to someone else than be ready for the after effect.....
Now its Boy's turn.By the way let me clear how smart Indian guys are.First of all they dont take risk on themselves.For them girls are meant for trial purpose.First Girl then me.I guess this encourages and prepares them well as they learn some few more dialogues(everyone is aware how good we girls are in this job) to deliver infront of their parents.After all drama will take place in their family too.Here the sequence is totally opposite first Dad;then mom;and finally sibling(least bothered).Now the biggest jhatka to this family is that there is no hope of Dowry.Well am not specific to any family but as mentioned above its the generalized version.
So finally after few more sessions of emotional drama and family show Boy somewhat convinces his family and the girl somewhat convinces not her family but her sibling to convince her family to meet each other and proceed towards their happy married life.But is it that easy..personally experienced ....its not...its actually hell.because though they pretend but parents still want somehow their children should step back and get married to their respective caste guy or a girl.And instead of meeting each other and attempting towards creating an understanding they meet to show each other their high level attitude and false ethics(in short to criticize).This is the only moment when they realise how socially strong they are.(as if they were the founder of their society).This is the only moment when they want to follow each and every rule and rituals of their society(as if before they never went against it ever).Even though through out their life they compromised against different perspects of life but they internally dont want to do so for their children.
As such the real sufferers are not the girl and guy but their siblings.Now there must be a big question mark in your mind why did i mention this.hehe its obvious that both of them are madly in love and so they hardly bother about third person's feelings.But the sibling is one who loves his/her parents and sis/bro equally.For them both are right as per their point of view.He/she wants to support both of them and end of the day wants peaceful happy go lucky family in which they were surviving few months back and lost somewhere.But this is the most toughest job mentioned in this world.
Its a simple appeal to the Indian society and especially to the Indian parents that why do they think so that its wrong loving a human being and desiring to be life partners.Since our childhood we have been taught to love this world than why when a person actually starts loving someone unconditionally then they are the first to oppose him/her.(when your child actually follows what you taught).Just because sake of your prestige in the society you not only disturb your relation with your one child but also traumatize the younger bud residing in your own house.Why dont we take Love marriages in positive manner?why Love marriages are still crime in Indian society?Why indian parents are still so selfish?
YuP..Arpi..
ReplyDeletethe expression of your view on Love Vs Arrange "M" is quite genuine. however i would like to add couple of points to the same..
when we( Indians) are talking of Luv Vs Arrange...we must keep the factors of >>
1. Gen O Vs Gen X
2. Adaptability in Diversity
3. culture Vs Manners
in our considerations...
if you can recollect your words where it states the dowry/ladies first/ " peaceful happy go lucky family"/ etc ...these all describes the whole lot of inter-structural activities conducted during a course of years within our society rather family.
these are the pain-points still exists in our society rather in all of our family. its not the fault of the parent or any child.
so its not exactly a crime( Parents) but its more of accepting something which is least regarded in our society. if we can highlight the happenings In Pakistan, Middle East,etc i am certain that we will be able to get some more feedbacks.
hence in order to summarize...lets go ahead & try to convince our parents to the last moment. if Not...then.....Be yourself bcoz tomorrow may ask for a revolutionary change..
Cheers...
Rath
Ohhh quite a long comment........above me.....but my comment wud be that it is again a nice reflection of the perfect indian love story....
ReplyDeleteohhh so i guess u realized it too!!!!!!!n we all are supposed to face this some day :-P
ReplyDeletei would like to mention something more specifically, just to add to the most common features of this love -infested families. Well, if the girl, unfortunately, belongs to the an upper class/caste family, they might try their level best to convince her that the guy whom she chose is worthless and schemy and even then if such emotional blackmailing cant really change her attitude then they will cal up on the supernatural black magical powers in to the scene and make it all complicated for the girl and the guy. So if you dare to love you should be able to face all these cheap emotional dramas and the infiltration of "extra terrestrial elements" . (Based on a true story)
ReplyDeleteI read this blog . I m experiencing same . I done a crime of loving a south Indian boy .Please God Save my love .
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