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Divorce rates for arranged marriages3/16/2024 In addition, women have to shoulder the high cost of divorce. Yes, it is the harsh reality.įor Indian women, divorce may not be the best option because they would be considered as opposing the rules and tradition of the Indian society. In the movie ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’, Ranveer Singh’s character tells his mother that she did not get out despite knowing about her husband’s philandering ways because she had nowhere to go. I do not even know where to find the poor, unhappy couple in this. It is about family, honour, father’s pride, mother’s dream, grandparents’ last wish, sister’s chances in the marriage market, and neighbourhood aunty’s uncomfortable questions. Therefore, the divorce also becomes about everybody. Indian marriages are of course never about the boy and the girl. The guest list usually involves everybody the girl and boy’s parents, grandparents and siblings have ever looked at! With so much of tamasha, a spectacle of people a couple may not even know, and a humongous financial payout, it is a no brainer that a woman’s family ( who mostly pays for the wedding) feels petrified at the thought of this investment going to trash or worse – doing it all over again. Irrespective of the socio-economic class the family belongs to, the wedding has to be a level ahead of their actual living standard. I kept telling her that she should put the money to better use, secure her daughter’s future (and hers). “Indian weddings, no matter the religion, take months of pre-marital rituals and a lot more days before the actual wedding.” – Unified Lawyers.Īn old house maid of mine had sold her jewelry and her house for her daughter’s wedding! I had found it ridiculous. Countries with the lowest divorce rates are Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Kenya, with India topping the chart at 1 percent!! The countries with the highest divorce rates are Luxembourg, Spain, France, Russia and United States. Register Now Guess the percentage of divorce rate in India!Īccording to a recent study, India has the lowest divorce rate in the world. Never miss real stories from India's women.
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