I am in the midst of seeing the ups and downs of life, friends getting committed and tying the knot and some seperating for various reasons. Its a funny process...the art or science of selecting a suitable partner to spend the rest of life with, especially in India, is strewn with many barriers but none more famous than the next door astrologer.
Janam Patrika in the North or Jathakam in the South determines the person's fate based on the movement of the planets. Wonder what a person born before 2007 would do?? We have only 8 planets now to determine our destiny..pluto got kicked. Isnt more the merrier??
Now, take the case of 2 people extremely in love with each other, very compatible but their horoscopes say a different story. What would they do in that case?? Go by the horoscope, give up their love and affection in the contingency that the guy may lose his life earnings when he is 45 or take a risk and marry. Take another case of a couple in love and the guy having some 'Chevvai Dosham' or the girl is Manglik, what would the couple do? Dance as per the astrologer's tunes, subject to pressure of the families....
All this should not give the impression that I am disrespecting the age old traditions and the ancient writings of our wonderful country. I do agree that horoscope matching acts as a 1st level filtration during selection of partner, and then the affected parties get to meet and test the compatibility. Still wonder how marriages happened in the past, never seen more incompatible people than my parents, but as a couple they are wonderful. Maybe there is, afterall, some sense in all this.
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Superb post.. definitely something any Indian can relate to.. reads well too :)
Wonder why you have so much on your mind on that topic.
But here is simple appraoch
1. If you like somebody go ahead forget all the other things
2. You are going down the arranged marriage approach. Do the full dance.....Astrloger etc etc
Kundali Matching is very important in the Indian society, Hindus. However, modern and broad outlook one has in India, the process of kundali matching outweighs all other decisions.kundali milaan
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