Family members fall apart, children grow away from parents, Children commit atrocities on their parents.
spouses commit physical and mental torchers. We hear of such instances every day. But in the grand scheme, they are all isolated instances.
More than 90% of the relationship in the animal world are by choice between the parties. Some of them end up in trouble. But there is tension in every relation, we live with it.
Arranged relationships are a rare phenomenon in this world, it serves its purpose, but again not every one of them is a success. There are colossal blunders even in arranged marriages. It happens.
Intercaste marriage is no different, it brings an additional degree of complication.
We have moved out of agrarian society, we do not have a large joint family, society has changed. We hanker for those "good old days", but they are gone. We have to live with the new realities.
We used to Ride coal-burning steam engines, we used to listen to Gramophones and radios, we used to send telegraphs, they all were in the past. We are able to give up Ambassador death traps and move on to Maruti.
Why can we not change socially?
If old people realize that they have lived their lives successfully mostly on their terms, now it is time to bless the younger generations. Give advice as and when needed, but do not set terms. Let the world live on.
