In the article “Rebel Brides and Ex-Wives.”
Published in Newsweek (pacific Edition) author Jason Overdorf talks about how a nineteen year-old female Sreeja Konidela returned back home in Hyderabad, for a relatives funeral, but she didn't get the welcome back home that she thought she was going to get. Sreeja father is a big time in the Telegu language film industry. Her father friend was cut off for running away and getting married otherwise known as eloping, with Shirish Bhardwaj 23 and the two got married on live television last October.The two were afraid that her father would accuse the "husband" for kidnapping. Sreeja was getting pressure by her parents to end the so-called marriage with Shirish, so she could start a new marriage with someone that her parents would choose. Arranged marriage has been a tradition for decades in India and the people do get offended when my generation of young adults commit eloping and not marrying the person of their parents choice.
I don't agree with the article. I think that arranged marriage's are a joke and completely immature. I don't understand why people would marry someone because their parents want them too. I've known plenty of people who get married just so they can make more money. These arranged marriage's should be stopped, the parents need to let their kids experience what it's like to be in love and not forced into love. I think that Sreeja made a good choice by running away and being with the person that she wanted to be with, not the person that her parents wanted her to be with.
I also think that arranged marriages shouldn't be allowed. However, if a kid wants their parents to arrange a marriage for them, that would be okay. I don't think that parents should force their kids to get married. They should be able to love who ever they want. Even if it means less money, some people do have really good jobs and they would be in love before they got married. Arranged marriages should be a tradition in India, but only if their son or daughter decides that they want to have one.
ReplyDeleteyeah i dont agree with this at all. Even though i have a friend that had this happen to him. I asked him what happens if you want a devoric he says we dont we stay married tell we die. I would think no one would want to do that. I read this article too and i thought it was confusing to me. I agree with Noahs comment too.
ReplyDeleteI also read this article I agree with where you are coming from people should be aloud to love who they want and not who their parents choose for them. Although I thought because it is in their religion to marry so young I thought who knows them better than their parents. But in all honesty I would probably never want to be in an arrange marriage something about finding someone special yourself is what I rather have.
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