On Sunday 05 Aug 2007 11:42 pm, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > We are a transition generation; the husbands want to be like their > fathers, the wives thankfully don't have to take it like their mothers > - they are financially free. Stress, lack of time at home, yada yada > yada is just icing on the cake. > > The next generation will IMO handle this much better.
With respect "you" represent a very small subset of Indians. If the report is accurate, this "disease" of separation and stress affects an unusually large percentage of this subset. I suspect that this problem will get handled in a typically Indian way, with girls or boys who want a stable marriage opting out of marrying partners who are seen to be well off but in jobs with a reputation for long hours. Increasingly there will be marriages of desperation because there is social (family) pressure) to marry and the "wealthy boy" will marry "girl from poor family" because both families cut corners and ignore obvious incompatibilities. But the marriage may last for economic reasons with the girl becoming the typical Indian woman who swallows a lot of crap for the sake of husband and family. We might possibly end up with a new stereotype in 25 years - the unmarried, divorced "wealthy bachelor/spinster" creating a new niche for himself or herself in Indian society. Alternatively, Indians may just start asking for more free time and rights, as predicted by this Homer cartoon on Youtube Homer goes to India http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_P_BpGncKQ shiv
