Marriage Problems of Widow’s Daughter in Hindu Community: A Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 12
Abstract
In India, marriage problem is becoming a more serious due to more expectations of both groom and bride’s and it is increasing day by day. In this study, researcher is going to highlight the marriage problems of widow’s daughter especially in Hindu religion. In Hindu religion, due to many traditions, customs and rules regarding the marriage, particularly girl’s marriage is very difficult. The information is collected using a structured self administered questionnaire from 500 widow’s daughters from Sangli district of Maharashtra. The findings reveal that the majority of these widow’s daughters are between 26 to 29 years, and 30 and above years of age, with little or no prospect of marriage in time. Almost half of them had only primary education and are of low professional status. 7 % of them are unemployed, and widow had a high parity, having 2 or more children. The problems identified of these widows’ daughters related of priority include financial/ economic hardship (23%) social (28%) Psychological (16%) and collectively of all hardship (33%) Recommendation for alleviating the hardships of widow’s daughters’ marriage which are suggested include encouragement for education, enhancement of women economic empowerment, improving availability and effective utilization of communication network services and encouraging men to write their wills early in marriage. Besides, through advocacy and public marriage awareness campaigns, to enlighten the masses about the plight of the widow’s daughter’s marriage, in order to eliminate the dehumanizing traditional practices to which Hindu widows daughters are facing mostly.
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Dr. Rajaram Shankar Salunkhe
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