Marriages in India : What Purpose Do They Serve ? (original) (raw)

Marriage in India: Clinical Issues

Contemporary Family Therapy, 2005

This article considers some of the common issues with which marital couples in India struggle. These issues arise from the way that Indian families are typically structured and the rules that govern family relationships. Ideas from the social constructionist and contextual approaches are suggested as helpful interventions.

concept of Hindu marriage in india

Journal of emerging technologies and innovative research, 2018

Marriage can be defined as a socially acknowledged and approved sexual union between two adult individuals. Traditionally marriage in most societies is thought to be a sacrament. However, today marriage has taken the form of a contract and is bound by legal rules and regulations. Marriage takes various forms and the most common classification is that of monogamy and polygamy. Marital ideology across the world has been based on the principle of female subservience and male domination. Domestic violence which includes marital violence is a sad reality of the institutions marriage and family and takes various forms. Divorce today is granted in almost all societies by law. However, in India the discourse on women’s rights within marriage and family is a complex and contentious matter as it is closely intertwined with religious and other social identity politics (issues). Marriage is an institution which admits men and women to family life. It is a stable relationship in which a man and ...

A Review of Marriage Rituals in Different Cultures

Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities

Together with ceremonies bordering marriage relationship links in great deals of societies, the regimens are mainly affixed with fecundity and confirm the value of marital relationship links for the Extension of a clan, people, or society. Additionally, they demand domestic or regular acceptance of the shared viewpoint and an awareness of the challenges and sacrifices associated with what is often considered a long-term commitment that is also accountable for the partner's and children's health. Today's moment research study tries to check out the marital relationship cooperation, setups, and design in India, benefiting from the details since India Human Development Survey II (2011-12) and the inspection in India. The findings indicate that between 1960 and 2011, the stage at which men and women enter a married relationship increased by three to five years, respectively. The bivariate inquiry exposes that 2-3rd of females in our country saw spouses on the marital relatio...

Love marriage in India LOVE MARRIAGE IN INDIA

In this study, we examine love marriage in India, its trends, the diversity of practices across cultural groups and regions and the relation of love marriage with the educational level of parents and parents-in-law. Using data from the second round of the Indian Household and Development Survey (IHDS) in 2011-12, this study contributes to enriching the still limited literature on marriage in India. Moreover, while previous studies on the topic have mostly been descriptive, we adopt a multivariate, multilevel approach at the regional level and focus on the emancipatory role of education with respect to traditional marriage. Although still marginal, we find that the practice of love marriage is increasing and is strongly entrenched in the cultural system based on caste, religion and region. Moreover, the education of mothers and mothers-in-law is positively associated with love marriage. The effect of mother-in-law's education on love marriage appears to be particularly strong. This finding may show that although love marriage is an individual process, in contrast to jointly arranged and totally arranged marriage, the family still has an influence. The effect of the education of mothers and mothers-in-law on love marriage also stresses the importance of the gender dimension in marriage studies in India.

Love marriage in India

2020

In this study, we examine love marriage in India, its trends, the diversity of practices across cultural groups and regions and the relation of love marriage with the educational level of parents and parents-in-law. Using data from the second round of the Indian Household and Development Survey (IHDS) in 2011-12, this study contributes to enriching the still limited literature on marriage in India. Moreover, while previous studies on the topic have mostly been descriptive, we adopt a multivariate, multilevel approach at the regional level and focus on the emancipatory role of education with respect to traditional marriage. Although still marginal, we find that the practice of love marriage is increasing and is strongly entrenched in the cultural system based on caste, religion and region. Moreover, the education of mothers and mothers-in-law is positively associated with love marriage. The effect of mother-in-law’s education on love marriage appears to be particularly strong. This f...

Marriage Arrangements and Customs in India

The present study attempts to analyse the marriage arrangements and customs in India using the data from India Human Development Survey II (2011-12) and Census of India. The result shows that age at marriage for males and females has increased by 3 and 5 years respectively during 1960-2011. The bivariate analysis discloses that two-thirds of women in India met their husbands only on wedding day or the day of Gauna. Only 5 per cent of them have chosen their husbands independently. The prevalence of inter-caste marriages is observed to be 5.4 per cent at the national level. Results of multivariate analysis indicate that marrying outside the caste and blood relations is influenced by socioeconomic factors. Results also show that marriage expenditure for girls is higher than for boys.

TRADITIONAL PRESCRIPTIVE MARRIAGE VERSUS CROSS-CULTURAL MARRIAGE SYSTEM AMONG THE CHOTHE OF MANIPUR

This chapter highlights the significant of popular cross-cultural marriage among the Chothe with the neighbouring communities that poses threat to their traditional endogamous prescriptive marriage system. However, it indicates that despite the declined the system is still ideal, stable and adaptable. The declined of their traditional marriage system does not mean that the system is totally breaking down but rather a deviation. It indicates that the increased in cross-cultural marriage was develop due to their exposure, liberal worldviews and flexibility in their socio-cultural norms influenced by the thoughts of modern education, Christianity, westernisation and modernisation, etc. This liberal attitudes impacted by such factors allow a person to have more options in choosing a girl or a boy outside his/ her tribe. On the basis, a new trend of love and arranged marriage becomes popular a blend of tradition and modern marriage, common even among other North-eastern tribes of India.