(This post is not mine. A reader, who wishes to remain anonymous sent it in, and I’m including it as part of the M word series. This piece I feel provides another perspective to the whole marriage issue. Only goes to show how many sides there are to the ‘M’ coin.)

Society makes marriage out to be such an important aspect of life, even if it isn’t so for some people. One can’t but help but get angry with the way things are but at the same time, there’s very little one can do. Society is so important that most people do things just to appease it, at the cost of their own desires.

Take the case of our parents. No sooner does the daughter turn a certain age that they begin to worry what so-and-so said: “Oh! Your daughter is working now and is growing older, don’t you want to get her married?” Pressure from society leads to unnecessary tension in the house. Do the so-and-so of our life really matter? They will only talk for 3-4 days, then calm down and accept the situation. Should we really base our actions on what other people think is right?

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Yes. I too do find the resemblance quite freaky. One wonders if this is going to be Bollywood’s latest ‘get-famous-quick’ mantra; ape a superstar and too with a capital R. But then again, nothing ever really beats an original.

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This list basically comprises of occurrences which according to me have (somewhat) lost their ‘shocking’ element. Events/News which couple of years ago caused (or had the potential to cause) rippling effects, today are merely accepted as “Hota hai. Chalta hai. Duniya hai” mentality.

Some for the better and some, only worse.

• Parents to marriageable Son/Daughter: “Tum Kudh Koi Doondh Lete Kyun Nahi”.
• Man marries once. Man marries twice (while still married to first). Both wives know of each others existence. And the three live (together) happily ever after.
• Mum, I am Gay.
• Malika Sherawat going nude in her forthcoming film.
• 6-Pack Abs.
• Extra martial marital affair, the mantra behind every successful marriage.
• Rakhi Sawant cries foul over reality show results.
• Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan, an item.
• Live-in Associations. A prerequisite.
• Murderers/Scamsters operating via popular social networking sites.

Feel free to add more.