Karwa Chauth#10 commandments
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF MARRIAGE P.S. This is edited from my last year's blogpost. " Karwa chauth”, is an auspicious festival in our culture where a married girl prays for long life of her husband. This is celebrated with immense integrity, love and faith for one,s spouse. This holds a multi dimensional aura with few challenging angles as to why a wife should fast ? Why not her husband ? Infact, there is not a single fast in our culture (as far as my knowledge goes) where a husband fasts for his wife. This school of thought even beguiled me for some time in my initial years. However, I followed this ritual as told by my elders. In my sub-conscious mind, a set of dialogues/phrases played (which everyone must have heard) like : “ Marriage is an institution”, “ You should accept your spouse as he is and not make an attempt to change him – unconditional acceptance” Marriage for a boy means- end (in terms of settlement) whereas for a girl ( > 50%), it is the beginning of a jo