Thursday, February 7, 2008

Why Shift legal age from 18 to 20?

A newly wed couple arrived into my neighborhood. The girl has just completed inter when her parents got her married to a guy serving government.
I can assure without slightest doubt that they are one of the happiest couples in the world.

Days passed…Then they had two kids…... after 7 years of happy married life ….one unfortunate day…the husband met with an accident…….and he passed away….

Now the wife can get the job of the husband…thanks to our government after 2 years of constant request to the government…..but then she was denied of his position…..why??.....she dint do her degree…..she has done only inter….and now she cant give the lifestyle and education her husband could provide to her children…..

If only her parents allowed her to study degree …she would have faced this misfortune of her life with less pressure than now….
If only she had taken time to complete her degree and delayed her marriage by couple of years…..


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Sheela was married after she completed tenth……to a guy who runs bookstore…….with a dowry of 2 lakhs…….in two years she had two kids…..her husband …I have never seen a guy as handsome as him…and irony is his inner soul lacks the beauty of his physical appearance…..
Sheela faced physical and mental torture with this man and her kids are afraid of their own creator- their father. He comes home drunk, harases wife and kids…
The mother wants to separate from him…give her children more pleasant, peaceful and secured life than what they are living now….but she has no choice…she cant raise two children on her own with tenth certificate……
Now life long she has to face it and her children have to grow up with it….
If only her parents waited till she completed a minimal education so that when things go wrong in life she will have a choice to choose…….


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I had a friend named Reshma in btech. There was a guy who used to propose her from 2 years. He convinced her to marry him after she was 18. She went against her parents to marry the love of her life. After three months of marriage she realized the love of her life is actually the torture of her life. She realized she made a foolish decision by believing his words.
Why did this happen??? Reason a girl is not matured at the age of eighteen…she is still very young to know what she wants…..very young to understand the real world ….very immatured to take a matured decision. A person can take a matured decision after he or she crosses the teenage and becomes an adult….


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My examples may or maynot be sufficient to support my request to shift legal age of marriage from 18 to 20.
But, I strongly recommend this.... because a girl or boy must be in a position to handle financial constraints in life before getting married. He or she should always must have an option to change the way of living if things go wrong and also must be matured enough to decide to whom they want to be wed.
What if a girl gets married to a wrong person..she has to bear it life long as she has no financial security....what if a girl is abandoned by her husband or her husband passes away after 10 years of marriage can she raise her kids then???.....Education that can provide survival options is a must. In order to achieve this the girl should not be married till she attains 20 years of age. What if a 18year old is lured by a cheater???....even her parents cannot stop her from ruining her life.....
Its my sincere request for every parent and for every girl to take help of education to achieve financial stability in life and wait till the age of 20 to get married....

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello Kavita,

I read your two posts on your blog. I agree with your views on the importance of educating females. Its been said that educating a man just educates one human but educating a women educates a complete family. I have seen illiterate people that are very good and emphasize on educating their children albeit the number is very less. Education makes good people better and enables every human to cognate and pounder on things they are doing and evaluate their actions as good or bad. An educated housewife can impart good values and morals into household and her children, which I seem are laking in today's generation. There is a lot to do out there.

I respect your feelings and efforts and would like to tell you that your not alone.

Regards,

Raj

kavita said...

Thanks Raj...your view really motivates me as an individual to educate at least one person..