Thursday, February 14, 2008

contemporary india/divorce

i think this is a very accurate description:

He sees his society in conflict with itself. “People are O.K. with divorce. Nobody forces you to stay in a marriage and torture yourself for the rest of your life,” he said. “But the attitude towards a divorcé is still the same. They’re outcasts. They think divorce won’t happen if the person is a good person.”

from the nyt

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