Various events in the last few months have ignited quiet a few interesting marriage controversies across the world. There is a visible trend in these events which seems to be suggesting a new way in which we all human beings will live in the future. For example, take the case of some celebrity marriages that have got shaken in the last six months because of peoples secret extramarital affairs coming to light whereas, some celebrities have got into trouble while attempting to get married after having already being married once.
The Tiger Woods sex scandal has shocked the world which is still coming to terms with his multiple infidelities involving over a dozen mistresses. John Terry is another story on similar lines making headlines in England. And in India, we are witnessing another such marriage controversy ignited by tennis star Sania Mirza who recently announced her wedding plans with Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik. Interestingly, Shoaib seems to be avoiding his existing marriage with another Indian girl Ayesha. The list of these controversies seems to be endless and every story is very attention-grabbing.
Not that these types of controversies did not exist in the past, but with life becoming increasingly public, they are coming to light faster. Thanks to the influence of mobile phones and social networking sites, the world is getting smaller making it impossible to keep anything out of public scrutiny unlike the past. Such is the immense influence of technology that even celebrities have to accept the reality that every little thing they attempt to do in private has the potential to be the newspaper headline the next day.
Well, coming back to our topic of marriages, something that been an essential part of human existence for a few thousand years now. In today's fast changing environment the concept of marriage as an institution seems to be losing its charm due to the rapid upswing in the social exposure that an individual is getting. As we get to meet, know and network with new people in everyday life, our tastes and choices are changing faster and so are our principles, ethics and moral values.
People seem to be loosing faith in the concept of staying with one person through a lifetime and that brings the age old idea of marriages under serious threat of getting wiped out. With more and more people wanting to live life their own way, the question that comes to mind is weather marriages are really relevant in today’s world? Well, what is it today that an individual achieves by getting married? Are we not moving towards a society where decisions with respect to ones partner seems to be more spontaneous and for that very moment only?
It is very difficult to find answers to these questions. Also, it is getting increasingly difficult to keep an upwardly mobile well connected individual tied down with age old idea of marriage. I am sure, it is just a matter of time before this becomes an opinion of the rest of the world and our traditions change forever.
For me, I seem to be pretty sure that in about 100 years from today, marriages would be a thing of past. Think I am giving it a reasonable time to go extinct.
The Tiger Woods sex scandal has shocked the world which is still coming to terms with his multiple infidelities involving over a dozen mistresses. John Terry is another story on similar lines making headlines in England. And in India, we are witnessing another such marriage controversy ignited by tennis star Sania Mirza who recently announced her wedding plans with Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik. Interestingly, Shoaib seems to be avoiding his existing marriage with another Indian girl Ayesha. The list of these controversies seems to be endless and every story is very attention-grabbing.
Not that these types of controversies did not exist in the past, but with life becoming increasingly public, they are coming to light faster. Thanks to the influence of mobile phones and social networking sites, the world is getting smaller making it impossible to keep anything out of public scrutiny unlike the past. Such is the immense influence of technology that even celebrities have to accept the reality that every little thing they attempt to do in private has the potential to be the newspaper headline the next day.
Well, coming back to our topic of marriages, something that been an essential part of human existence for a few thousand years now. In today's fast changing environment the concept of marriage as an institution seems to be losing its charm due to the rapid upswing in the social exposure that an individual is getting. As we get to meet, know and network with new people in everyday life, our tastes and choices are changing faster and so are our principles, ethics and moral values.
People seem to be loosing faith in the concept of staying with one person through a lifetime and that brings the age old idea of marriages under serious threat of getting wiped out. With more and more people wanting to live life their own way, the question that comes to mind is weather marriages are really relevant in today’s world? Well, what is it today that an individual achieves by getting married? Are we not moving towards a society where decisions with respect to ones partner seems to be more spontaneous and for that very moment only?
It is very difficult to find answers to these questions. Also, it is getting increasingly difficult to keep an upwardly mobile well connected individual tied down with age old idea of marriage. I am sure, it is just a matter of time before this becomes an opinion of the rest of the world and our traditions change forever.
For me, I seem to be pretty sure that in about 100 years from today, marriages would be a thing of past. Think I am giving it a reasonable time to go extinct.
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