Marriages-Loved,Arranged or Contracted?

I admit I am no expert in most of the things I do but there is something that caught my attention like anything in this world known for "Dare you predict the future!" tag. Keeping aside all the speculation,all that I am referring to is a word with a sense of trading and togetherness,at the same time.The word is "Contract Marriages". A person to have predicted such kind of Institution in India(if not the world!) deserves to be saluted for his/her extraordinary prenotion! The word says "A contract by which the parties agree to immediately become husband and wife is sufficient, but that a contract to become husband and wife in the future is not a marriage contract...."

To an unmarried person like me,most of the other perceptions about what marriage is all about,has primarily come from two places.Being the way we were brought up and the happiness quotient of our mom-dad takes the first place and has reasonably the most impact to understand the concept of marriage as we grow up. 

The second, in all certainity,has to be Bollywood. Since we were little kids, ideas of what a marriage should be, and why people get married are chucked at us by way of cheesy hindi movies.

                                   

In most of the cases, marriages root out from the love between a boy and a girl(normally opposed by the inexplicably disgruntled and generally unreasonable families).This sets the plot for the couple to elope,spluttering a war between the families and thus projecting the much famous concept of "zaalim duniya" to the rescuers of true love in society! Though the movie often culminates into the couple running into each others arm in a beautiful paddy field, with a romantic movie being played in the backdrop to complete the whole idea of touching the sentimental chords of the viewers.The film never bothered to show us what happened after they got married and the boy became a fat, lazy bum with a chronic television watching urge and the woman became cranky due to menopause.

The truth of most of the marriages,however, has hardly anything to give or take with the couple involved.Practically,it is a union of two families.Having said all these,in no way justifies the essence of arrange marriages too.There is no reason why parents should select partners for their kids based on caste,creed,region and religion to which they belong.How can it be proven that a guy from punjab can not be a great partner for the girl from kerala?!Or that a non-hindi speaking girl can not understand and handle the emotions and etiquettes involved in the institution called marriage,with a hindi speaking boy?! 

                                   

Both love and arrange marriages are buldings that are essentially built on the strong pillars called constant compromise and mutual understanding with obviously strong paints and decorations of love.After all love makes anything beautiful. :) And marriage is a beautiful building built for two souls,perfect or imperfect, to dwell. It has nothing to do with the rents or contracts involved for the same. :)