Shariq Majeed, TNN | Feb 22, 2014, 09.26AM IST
LUDHIANA: If counsellors in the city are to be believed, walking out of a marriage is all too simple these days. Some of the reasons warring couples cite as reason for separation include, Facebook friends, failure of the husband to buy his wife a mobile handset she wanted, husband's refusal to take his wife out to have gol gappas, among others. Counsellors said such petty disputes snowball, leading to divorce.
Recently, counsellors at the crime against women cell received the case of a businessman and his homemaker wife from Model Town seeking divorce. The couple have a five-year-old son. During counselling, the couple talked about the root of the problem, which left counsellors bemused and exasperated.
"The fight between the couple began because the woman wanted her husband to give her a mobile handset her friend had. Since the husband wanted her to wait, it resulted in bickering. Things went from bad to worse and they filed for divorce", said Shashi Khullar, founder member of the Crime against women and child abuse cell and one of the counsellors.
Counsellors are stumped at the ease with which couples consider separation. "In another case, a couple from Dugri, with children lodged a police complaint after differences cropped up between them over the wife asking her husband to take her out to have gol gappas frequently. She also wanted to go shopping quite a lot, much to the husband's chagrin," said Khullar.
She said counsellors in 12 panels get around 180 cases of marital discords. In more than half of the cases, petty disputes blow up into full-fledged cases for separation. In one third of the cases, the result is divorce. Police authorities also concede to the rise in the number of such cases. "There was a time when divorce was considered very bad but with society becoming open to such things, people accept it. Police send such cases to counsellors who are often successful in preventing divorce," said Sukhwinder Kaur, who was SHO of the women's police station till recently. She said cases of marital
discord have risen by 15% to 20%.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Pani-puri-or-divorce-papers-a-take-your-pick/articleshow/30831434.cms
LUDHIANA: If counsellors in the city are to be believed, walking out of a marriage is all too simple these days. Some of the reasons warring couples cite as reason for separation include, Facebook friends, failure of the husband to buy his wife a mobile handset she wanted, husband's refusal to take his wife out to have gol gappas, among others. Counsellors said such petty disputes snowball, leading to divorce.
Recently, counsellors at the crime against women cell received the case of a businessman and his homemaker wife from Model Town seeking divorce. The couple have a five-year-old son. During counselling, the couple talked about the root of the problem, which left counsellors bemused and exasperated.
"The fight between the couple began because the woman wanted her husband to give her a mobile handset her friend had. Since the husband wanted her to wait, it resulted in bickering. Things went from bad to worse and they filed for divorce", said Shashi Khullar, founder member of the Crime against women and child abuse cell and one of the counsellors.
Counsellors are stumped at the ease with which couples consider separation. "In another case, a couple from Dugri, with children lodged a police complaint after differences cropped up between them over the wife asking her husband to take her out to have gol gappas frequently. She also wanted to go shopping quite a lot, much to the husband's chagrin," said Khullar.
She said counsellors in 12 panels get around 180 cases of marital discords. In more than half of the cases, petty disputes blow up into full-fledged cases for separation. In one third of the cases, the result is divorce. Police authorities also concede to the rise in the number of such cases. "There was a time when divorce was considered very bad but with society becoming open to such things, people accept it. Police send such cases to counsellors who are often successful in preventing divorce," said Sukhwinder Kaur, who was SHO of the women's police station till recently. She said cases of marital
discord have risen by 15% to 20%.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Pani-puri-or-divorce-papers-a-take-your-pick/articleshow/30831434.cms
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