Why Are Second Marriages A Big Deal

The idea of second marriage has still not found acceptance in the Indian society. Despite so many campaigns creating awareness about remarriages, just a mere reference of it gives rise to so many questions.

It really puzzles me as to why the term 'second marriage' or 'remarriage' is considered to be a taboo. Everybody has the right to live their lives, so why aren't they free to take their own decisions. It is not easy to live a life all alone.

I have seen so many elderly couples, where if one of them dies it becomes very difficult for other one to survive because their children get so busy in their own works that they rarely get time to spend with him or her.

There have been many young couples whose marriages didn't work and they ended up parting ways or one of the two die in unfortunate incident, leaving the other one all alone.

There indeed comes a time when every human being requires companionship at some point in their lives so what's the harm in them getting married again.

Women in India are brought up in such way that they are made to believe that their life starts and ends with their husbands and they have to dedicate their whole life to them, even after their death.

And if by chance the woman expresses a desire to remarry they are looked down upon. It is assumed that she has betrayed her husband, which is ridiculous.

If someone desires to remarry it doesn't mean he or she has forgotten their spouse. It is high time that such mentality is changed Though the thinking is slowly changing but India still has a long way to go.