Click to play videoNew Delhi: When Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor and business tycoon Arun Nayyar tied the knot in royal style, Jodhpur stood in awe.
Another wedding that the whole country wanted to be invited to was that of Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.
Far removed from celebrity marriages, hundreds of Indians take the plunge every year—something that often results in traffic jams during the auspicious wedding season.
And contrary to what perhaps your grandmother complains about, young Indian couples, it seems, are dying to say ‘I do’. And statistics seem to corroborate the general sentiment.
A recent CNN-IBN and DNA poll conducted by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) on the great Indian urban family, finds out that youngsters consider marriage important.
Radio Jockey Aarti Sehgal is one of them. At 30, she thinks it’s time to look for a suitable boy. Aarti says after one-and-a-half year of loneliness in Dubai, she was ready to commit herself to a relationship, but she was sure it had to be marriage.
"We need to be in a relationship that is not a no-strings-attached kind of relationship. There has to be some sense of security,” she explains.
Happy marriages around her have helped her arrive at the decision. She says she is willing to settle for a bitter marriage as opposed to a happy divorce.
“You can’t ever get over a relation. You think about it forever,” Aarti says.
It seems, a walk down the aisle is a walk many would like to take. So, to all those celebrating silver and golden jubilees of togetherness, it’s time take a bow for you have inspired Generation Next to follow in your footsteps.
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