Abstract
Since times immemorial, marriage is considered as an act by virtue of which two individuals make their relationship manifest in terms of a bond that putatively lasts for life time. Spiritually, marriages are believed to be settled in heavens and solemnized on earth. This metaphoric scenario is often practiced other way round in the valley of Kashmir. As a matter of fact, the process of seeking a life associate and its consolidation in terms of marriage is so cumbersome and unenviable that it often leads the women folk of Kashmir into cyclic rethinking about its eudaemonia. In the anticipation of endorsements for a happy married life with the tendency of zeroing risk factors, the dingy psycho-evolved system that is dominant now-a-days leads the Kashmir phratry towards the manifestation of tardy marriages. This piece of research work aims to ascertain the reasons and axiomatic ramifications that lead to tardy marriages among educated Muslim Women folk in Kashmir Valley. This study is also an attempt to comprehend the social stratification and cultural dynamics of Kashmir as is introspected from social psychology standpoint. This paper unfolds the coalescing systematics of major issues and complexities of tardy marriages in order to present a strategic arduous solution to counter and castigate this imperil that creates distortion and soreness in the social fabric of Kashmir.
Highlights
Kashmir world over is known for its natural landscape beauty and is usually referred to as paradise on earth
The reasons and axiomatic ramifications that lead to tardy marriages among educated Muslim Women folk in Kashmir Valley must be ascertained in the light of potential factors that influence psychology of general masses, so that a strategic arduous solution to counter and castigate this imperil that creates distortion and soreness in the social fabric of Kashmir is fetched
Different viewpoints are carried by different set of people across different regions, races, religions, families, classes, castes, ethnicity etc
Summary
Kashmir world over is known for its natural landscape beauty and is usually referred to as paradise on earth. It is situated in the lap of the mighty Himalayas. Kashmir valley has been the most important of the territories as it was one of the prominent trade depots of the silk route that connected Central Asia and Europe via Arab belt. It was the pivot, the centre of civilization, culture, power, politics and movements which influenced and was influenced by developments, migrations, trade and politics in adjoining regions. Kashmiri Muslims have their own distinct culture chronically imitated and adapted from different areas primarily of the silk route
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