Marriage as an institution has its own merits and flaws. It
becomes suspect only when it continues to be fixed on an unequal basis and
dowry plays a larger than life role in sealing the fate .So long as it is a
merger of two hearts and minds and not a takeover and the couple have the maturity
and wisdom to catalyse each other energies without much expectation and are
always ready to constantly support and strengthen each other in good and bad
times and are willing to nurture each other’s personality, talents and skills
to the fullest extent possible without
any ego problem then it is an
ideal ambience for stability and peace at home and marital bliss will be a
lasting phenomenon.
On the other hand if husband and wife are one and that one
is the husband, as an English jurist,William Blackstone put it then one
gets a depressing marital relation and
the wedded bliss evaporates no sooner than it arrived. Perkins Gilman captures that depressing picture as follows :
“ O come and be my mate
Said the Eagle to the
hen
I love to soar, but
then
I want my mate to
rest
Forever in the nest”
Said the Hen,” I can’t
fly
I have no wish to try
But I joy to see my
mate
Carrering through the
sky.”
They wed and cried, “Ah
This is love, my own!”
And the Hen sat, the
Eagle soared alone.”
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