Question

Explain process of social change in kashmir . with special reference to institution of family and marriage

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Answer 1

Explanation:

Life full of surprises, you never know what is stored for you in its next move. Nothing stops for you, everything is just

going. Sometime at any stage when we look back we get puzzled by the change; we forget that when we have not remained the

same how we can expect the world to be stagnant for us. In this passage of change, marriage has also altered itself to fit the

demands of time. Marriage as an institution has different connotations in different societies. Let us forget about the different

societies and talk about the different time spans through which this institution has gone and amended by the people accordingly.

What is change I am talking about? It is the structural and functional aspect of this very institution which has turned complex

from simple and very complex from within. What are the reasons for this complexity? We will try to justify them through certain

interviews in this paper. Kashmiri society can be considered orthodox and conservative one in comparison to other metro states of

India. Being Muslim state marriage here is both religious as well as legal matter. We will not discuss what marriage is, how it is

being practised but will try to understand the inner subject matter of it and its interior sensitivity and how it has gone affected.

KEYWORDS: Kashmir, Culture, Marriage, Love, Divorce

MARRIAGE

There is no definition which adequately covers all

types of human marriage; different sociologists as well as

anthropologists have given number of definitions and

explanations. For example about forty years ago, anthropologist

Answer 2

Process of social change in kashmir . with special reference to institution of family and marriage

• Marriage is a social institution that allows a man and a woman to start a family. A man and a woman are in a committed relationship in which cohabitation is socially acceptable without lowering either of their social standings. Marriage influences the entire society as well as present and future generations, not just the pair.
• The NGO's survey revealed that "the main cause for the late marriages is lack of financial sources and on the contrary, the families of grooms are seeking money," especially in Srinagar's downtown.
• According to a recent survey, Jammu & Kashmir has India's lowest rate of child marriages. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), just 6% of women have married before turning the legal minimum age of 18.
• In Kashmir, families and relatives are married instead of couples. We have the right to pick whoever we want.
• Islam places a high importance on this form of relationship because it allows for the peaceful and moral celebration of love without viewing it as a sign of wrongdoing. exemplary for humanity Marriage is my Sunnah; whoever remains away from it has nothing to do with us, the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) remarked in one of his sayings. The Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) specifically stressed the importance of marriage in several hadith (Ibn-majah). The beginning of a family is symbolised by marriage, which is defined as the legal contract between a man and a woman that is duly recognised by laws or conventions and includes certain rights and obligations.

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