There was an amusing read in the newspaper the other day. A man had decided to make his wife his sister! Moreover, he had also promised her that he would marry her off to the person she was in love with. Wonder of wonders, his parents too were supportive of this ‘strange’ act. The background of the story is this—being forcefully married off to someone she didn’t even know, the girl mustered her courage to tell so to her ‘husband’. Instead of the “biff bang thud” sequences we see on T.V and read about in newspapers these days, the boy was quite sensible to see that her and possibly his happiness lay in them being married to the person they like and relate with. Nothing ever comes out of a forced, unhappy marriage, rather than broken homes, broken hearts and in some cases a few broken bones. Read More
