-Aakanksha Shah, Prajwal Deshmukh, Varun Shetty
The assembly debated the Marriage Act, which was being negotiated with the Gujarat government. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has stated that his government will investigate the possibility of making parental consent obligatory in love marriages "within the framework of the constitution." It provoked many arguments; ours was more centered on the notion of marriage, raising ontological concerns and looking at various laws that have been implemented in recent years.
Before proposing such a bill, it is essential to clarify Can the state or government assume the authority to intervene in the personal ? What is it trying to reinforce through such proposals?
What is the role of the youth in decision-making concerning the institution of marriage?
How do societies balance individual freedoms with the need for the state to intervene in certain personal matters?
It closed with us discussing how socio political motivations shaped this act and why it is not practical to follow because it calls into question the autonomy of youth. Marriage holds a large institution and the assembly discussed the politics of separation jo hota hai through the decision based on marriage. The decision to marry involves legal, economic, emotional, and cultural dimensions, making its importance in social organization. At the same time, the dissolution of a marriage carries its own set of consequences, often personal choices with broader political, legal, and social considerations. How the person takes up such consequences is important.
What do adults owe their parents? A debt of gratitude, in some cases. Perhaps an allowance, if you want to get a pecuniary. But the once-children, now grown up, can also present a bill for the traumas. For the scars, pressures and anxieties that they are forced to carry because of the demands of family, society and then, jobs and children of their own. At what point, in a society where “I” is just a letter in “family” or “religion”, does the burden end?
A “love marriage” in India is, among many other things, a manifestation of agency. It is an expression of individual desire, of a couple saying that the family they will build is their own. In a society where policing the boundaries of social groups has deep historical roots, it is easy to imagine why conservatives across parties fear a world where the only consent required is from the individuals involved. Is it the care that gets involved in the decision making of the marriage or is it the fear for other communities that gets entangled in the surrounding politics, is important to address.
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