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jith - iii wrote:
This could happen in any religion in India.
Agree - parentally arranged marriages (against their children's wishes) happens in all Indian communities/states. Though my personal observation has been that Muslim parents are stricter about this compared to Christian/Hindu parents.
jith - iii wrote:
Debatable,in indian situation
I wouldn't say that. Forcing someone to marry someone against his or her wish is a tragic thing to happen anywhere in the world - I don't think that having it happen in India makes it any less of a tragedy.
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkNishant Sivakumar wrote:
Agree - parentally arranged marriages (against their children's wishes) happens in all Indian communities/states. Though my personal observation has been that Muslim parents are stricter about this compared to Christian/Hindu parents.
I don't think so. Upper caste Hindus are still strict in these things. Being from a brahmin family, I know very well that I'll be outcasted if I marry a girl not even from a different religion but from the same religion and a different caste. But as you said the social clutch of Hindus amongst people of their soceity is not as strong as Muslims or christains. So even if they have pushed out by their family a hindu can easily live the life according to Hindu traditions. Same is not the case of a muslim or christian. Another thing depends here is education of the parents.
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
I don't think that having it happen in India makes it any less of a tragedy.
If you exclude the cities,the concept here is,parents are living only for their children. No parent will dream about a bad life for their children. If you are living in a society where inter dependency between people are inevitable,inter religious marriages would normally gives no happiness to the couples. And unlike in devolped countries you may not get a second chance if you realize that your choice of partner was wrong. Parents obviously worry about these facts.
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jith - iii wrote:
This could happen in any religion in India.
Agree - parentally arranged marriages (against their children's wishes) happens in all Indian communities/states. Though my personal observation has been that Muslim parents are stricter about this compared to Christian/Hindu parents.
jith - iii wrote:
Debatable,in indian situation
I wouldn't say that. Forcing someone to marry someone against his or her wish is a tragic thing to happen anywhere in the world - I don't think that having it happen in India makes it any less of a tragedy.
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkNishant Sivakumar wrote:
I don't think that having it happen in India makes it any less of a tragedy.
Unless you're the man. In India they pay you to marry their daughters. The man gets the dowry. :-D
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Yeah, I can see how girls who are forced into loveless marriages with old men who will beat and rape them, or girls who live in fear of being killed by relatives, would be scared of Islam. This doesn't happen in Christian countries, you know. How do you explain that ? Is it George Bushes fault ?
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According to an Indian perspective arranged marriages turned out be the better option. The logic here is,parents would have more life experience to select a better partner for their wards. They fear that children's selection would mostly due to mere infatuation and they think they can give a better life partner for their child. The proof what they show here is the less number of divorces.
Christian Graus wrote:
I can see how girls who are forced into loveless marriages with old men who will beat and rape them, or girls who live in fear of being killed by relatives, would be scared of Islam.
If this happens it's only amongst the uneducated.
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Adnan Siddiqi wrote:
one word, Islamphobia.
What do you have to say about this : "I personally know of a Muslim girl (my sister's classmate) who was in a relationship with a Christian classmate. Her parents threatened to kill the lad, threatened that they'd suicide, confiscated her cell phone and driving license, and even locked her up in a room when she tried to argue with them. Eventually she succumbed and was forced to marry a Muslim lad of her parents' choice." What's Islamophobic about stating an incident that I was personally aware of?
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkI understand what you meant. Child marriages and baseless divorces are happening mainly amongst muslims. But protests againsts these are happenening inside islam itself. It's just because of lack of education and muslim community in India is realizing that now and we could see many Islamic youth orgnizations active on various human rights issues in islam. But coming to inter religious marriages,all religion are in the same boat.
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According to an Indian perspective arranged marriages turned out be the better option. The logic here is,parents would have more life experience to select a better partner for their wards. They fear that children's selection would mostly due to mere infatuation and they think they can give a better life partner for their child. The proof what they show here is the less number of divorces.
Christian Graus wrote:
I can see how girls who are forced into loveless marriages with old men who will beat and rape them, or girls who live in fear of being killed by relatives, would be scared of Islam.
If this happens it's only amongst the uneducated.
jith - iii wrote:
The logic here is,parents would have more life experience to select a better partner for their wards.
And that's a pile of BS.
jith - iii wrote:
If this happens it's only amongst the uneducated.
IF this happens ? It plainly happens. What's really needed is for educated Muslims to decry it as much as ignorant ones like Adnan make excuses for it.
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I understand what you meant. Child marriages and baseless divorces are happening mainly amongst muslims. But protests againsts these are happenening inside islam itself. It's just because of lack of education and muslim community in India is realizing that now and we could see many Islamic youth orgnizations active on various human rights issues in islam. But coming to inter religious marriages,all religion are in the same boat.
jith - iii wrote:
But coming to inter religious marriages,all religion are in the same boat.
I don't believe that is true.
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According to an Indian perspective arranged marriages turned out be the better option. The logic here is,parents would have more life experience to select a better partner for their wards. They fear that children's selection would mostly due to mere infatuation and they think they can give a better life partner for their child. The proof what they show here is the less number of divorces.
Christian Graus wrote:
I can see how girls who are forced into loveless marriages with old men who will beat and rape them, or girls who live in fear of being killed by relatives, would be scared of Islam.
If this happens it's only amongst the uneducated.
jith - iii wrote:
The proof what they show here is the less number of divorces.
Fewer divorces mean that the woman isn't working in a job that can support her. and/Or a legal system tilted towards forcing people to stay together.
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jith - iii wrote:
The proof what they show here is the less number of divorces.
Fewer divorces mean that the woman isn't working in a job that can support her. and/Or a legal system tilted towards forcing people to stay together.
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Yes, lack of divorce doesn't prove happiness, especially in an already potentially oppressive environment. It's like the sudden explosion of incest cases reported in the 80s. Sick men didn't suddenly realise they had daughters, society was supportive of those girls and gave them a voice instead of things being kept hidden.
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jith - iii wrote:
But coming to inter religious marriages,all religion are in the same boat.
I don't believe that is true.
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Well,In india Christains are normally soft in terms of inter religious marriages. The only condition would be the boy/girl of the other religion needs to be converted into Christianity. If they are not ready,there won't be riots but the church will try to baptist their children. Otherwise, they would be out of church and it's like a big punishment in Christianity where you would not be even allowed to be buried in the church cemetery. Still this is dependent up on the level of influence of the people in the church. In the case of hindu's maximum punishment can be your parents will not accept you afterwards. You would not be allowed in any family functions. It's as if you will not allow your enemy to attend any of your family functions. It's fun you know. :) .Watching the impact an inter caste or religious love marriage makes in the society.
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Well,In india Christains are normally soft in terms of inter religious marriages. The only condition would be the boy/girl of the other religion needs to be converted into Christianity. If they are not ready,there won't be riots but the church will try to baptist their children. Otherwise, they would be out of church and it's like a big punishment in Christianity where you would not be even allowed to be buried in the church cemetery. Still this is dependent up on the level of influence of the people in the church. In the case of hindu's maximum punishment can be your parents will not accept you afterwards. You would not be allowed in any family functions. It's as if you will not allow your enemy to attend any of your family functions. It's fun you know. :) .Watching the impact an inter caste or religious love marriage makes in the society.
jith - iii wrote:
The only condition would be the boy/girl of the other religion needs to be converted into Christianity.
See, that doesn't happen here, at all. We just hope our kids find someone who they love and who will love them. Of course, as a Christian, I am happy to share what I believe and inevitably will do so to whoever my kids bring home, but it won't be a prerequisite for marriage.
jith - iii wrote:
and it's like a big punishment in Christianity where you would not be even allowed to be buried in the church cemetery
Odd. We just have cemeteries, and Christianity actually has nothing to say about how people are buried, that's obviously a local invention b.c I've not heard of it happening in the west past the dark ages.
jith - iii wrote:
It's fun you know. .Watching the impact an inter caste or religious love marriage makes in the society.
It sounds messed up to me. Nothing like that happens here, at least, not in general society. I'm sure there are isolated cases where immigrants follow their old beliefs.
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jith - iii wrote:
The logic here is,parents would have more life experience to select a better partner for their wards.
And that's a pile of BS.
jith - iii wrote:
If this happens it's only amongst the uneducated.
IF this happens ? It plainly happens. What's really needed is for educated Muslims to decry it as much as ignorant ones like Adnan make excuses for it.
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Christian Graus wrote:
And that's a pile of BS.
It's not like you imagine. Many of the educated yout prefer arranged marriages. First thing, the money you get as part of dowry which will be useful for the initial expenditure while staring to run a family :) . Second,you will realize that it's really unlikely for you to get the dream beauty of which you imagine. So you will be ready to make compromises. Many people who would fall behind the love market could thus come forward. Money,Job security,family all these things take priority and believe me it'll be hotter than any big business deal. Matrimonial sites and marriage brokerage are a big businesses in India.
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Well,In india Christains are normally soft in terms of inter religious marriages. The only condition would be the boy/girl of the other religion needs to be converted into Christianity. If they are not ready,there won't be riots but the church will try to baptist their children. Otherwise, they would be out of church and it's like a big punishment in Christianity where you would not be even allowed to be buried in the church cemetery. Still this is dependent up on the level of influence of the people in the church. In the case of hindu's maximum punishment can be your parents will not accept you afterwards. You would not be allowed in any family functions. It's as if you will not allow your enemy to attend any of your family functions. It's fun you know. :) .Watching the impact an inter caste or religious love marriage makes in the society.
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jith - iii wrote:
The only condition would be the boy/girl of the other religion needs to be converted into Christianity.
See, that doesn't happen here, at all. We just hope our kids find someone who they love and who will love them. Of course, as a Christian, I am happy to share what I believe and inevitably will do so to whoever my kids bring home, but it won't be a prerequisite for marriage.
jith - iii wrote:
and it's like a big punishment in Christianity where you would not be even allowed to be buried in the church cemetery
Odd. We just have cemeteries, and Christianity actually has nothing to say about how people are buried, that's obviously a local invention b.c I've not heard of it happening in the west past the dark ages.
jith - iii wrote:
It's fun you know. .Watching the impact an inter caste or religious love marriage makes in the society.
It sounds messed up to me. Nothing like that happens here, at least, not in general society. I'm sure there are isolated cases where immigrants follow their old beliefs.
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Christian Graus wrote:
We just hope our kids find someone who they love and who will love them
Depends on the society. In india family takes priority to your personal interests. How many relatives you are having?. In any small family occassions we could expect atleast 200-300 close relatives. If it's a big event you can expect 1000-2000 relatives. Here in India,If your kid has gone with someone you lost the oppurtunity to feed 2000 relatives.:) Another thing is,Indian soceity never accepts divorces. If you give moe freedom to your kids,premarital sex,abortion these are the nightmares forthe parents. They are afraid of it. That's why so much brainstorming takes place with marriages. A typical marriage plan will long a minimum of one year where parents collects the biodata of maximum brides/grooms for their kids and chooses the best suited one.
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jith - iii wrote:
In the case of hindu's maximum punishment can be your parents will not accept you afterwards.
Often that maximum punishment also don't last for long time. btw do you still believe all the religions are in the same boat?
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Christian Graus wrote:
We just hope our kids find someone who they love and who will love them
Depends on the society. In india family takes priority to your personal interests. How many relatives you are having?. In any small family occassions we could expect atleast 200-300 close relatives. If it's a big event you can expect 1000-2000 relatives. Here in India,If your kid has gone with someone you lost the oppurtunity to feed 2000 relatives.:) Another thing is,Indian soceity never accepts divorces. If you give moe freedom to your kids,premarital sex,abortion these are the nightmares forthe parents. They are afraid of it. That's why so much brainstorming takes place with marriages. A typical marriage plan will long a minimum of one year where parents collects the biodata of maximum brides/grooms for their kids and chooses the best suited one.
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jith - iii wrote:
If your kid has gone with someone ou lost the oppurtunity to feed 2000 relatives.
I'm not sure how you mean.
jith - iii wrote:
Another thing is,Indian soceity never accepts divorces
Well, that's also insane.
jith - iii wrote:
premarital sex,abortion
I would imagine those things are rampant in a society where divorce is not allowed.
jith - iii wrote:
They are afraid of it
As a father of a 12 yo girl, I can say I am scared of these things, too. But, my approach is 100% honesty and open communication. The one thing I want less than for my daughter to make mistakes that lead to her being pregnant, is for her to make those mistakes alone.
jith - iii wrote:
A typical marriage plan will long a minimum of one year where parents collects the biodata of maximum brides/grooms for their kids and chooses the best suited one.
I'm sorry, but that is so creepy/scary to western ears.
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jith - iii wrote:
The proof what they show here is the less number of divorces.
Fewer divorces mean that the woman isn't working in a job that can support her. and/Or a legal system tilted towards forcing people to stay together.
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That's not true. Many of the women are working now and they are independent. Still there are not much divorces. Mainly this is because after marriage both man and woman would get absorbed to their family with their children. A divorce will never be a beautifull dream to them. And even if women are not working,their parents would still support them. That's the case of arranged marrige since parents have all the responsibility of that marriage. In case of the divorces that we are seeing most of them are triggerred with the support of parents.
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That's not true. Many of the women are working now and they are independent. Still there are not much divorces. Mainly this is because after marriage both man and woman would get absorbed to their family with their children. A divorce will never be a beautifull dream to them. And even if women are not working,their parents would still support them. That's the case of arranged marrige since parents have all the responsibility of that marriage. In case of the divorces that we are seeing most of them are triggerred with the support of parents.
jith - iii wrote:
Mainly this is because after marriage both man and woman would get absorbed to their family with their children
This does not stop divorces, most divorced couples fight mostly over access to kids, they both still love their kids.
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Christian Graus wrote:
And that's a pile of BS.
It's not like you imagine. Many of the educated yout prefer arranged marriages. First thing, the money you get as part of dowry which will be useful for the initial expenditure while staring to run a family :) . Second,you will realize that it's really unlikely for you to get the dream beauty of which you imagine. So you will be ready to make compromises. Many people who would fall behind the love market could thus come forward. Money,Job security,family all these things take priority and believe me it'll be hotter than any big business deal. Matrimonial sites and marriage brokerage are a big businesses in India.
It sounds like a very sad society indeed. If I wanted to approach romance as a business transaction, I'd pay a hooker and have the house to myself.
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That's not true. Many of the women are working now and they are independent. Still there are not much divorces. Mainly this is because after marriage both man and woman would get absorbed to their family with their children. A divorce will never be a beautifull dream to them. And even if women are not working,their parents would still support them. That's the case of arranged marrige since parents have all the responsibility of that marriage. In case of the divorces that we are seeing most of them are triggerred with the support of parents.
I offered up the alternative of a legal code tilited in favor of forcing couples to stay ogether. In most Western nations, there are approximately 16 distinct reasons for which divorces are granted. In India, however, only five main reasons are generally accepted as sufficient grounds for divorce. On the other hand, according to P. R. Amato, who wrote "The Impact of Divorce on Men and Women in India and The United States," an article in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, "There is great disparity between the economic ramifications of divorce between men and women. Men remain relatively unaffected while women, especially those with children, have difficulty "providing food, clothing and shelter for themselves and their children." The government in urban areas usually provides some form of public assistance to single mothers, but this service is not fully taken advantage of because most do not know of its existence." "Often a woman is not able to rely on her family for support because many parents "feel they have discharged their obligations to a daughter by arranging her marriage and providing a dowry." Dowries are not returned after a divorce. Also, due to the social stigma of divorce, women find it difficult to remarry and usually attempt to establish an independent household."
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