Ritika Ruminates

NEET aspirant stabs his sister-in-law to death as niece disturbs his study . Woman shot dead by father-in-law for not serving breakfast . Father, brother, uncle and grandfather rapes a minor girl . Father kills his daughter over phone/remote use. Man stabs waitress to death. This are just few of recent cases from past 1 month. This makes me wonder- in this digital age where they get anything at a few clicks, has people really started to forget their patience? Be it within family or outside, this cases are only getting more and more common in India and abroad. Everyday, I get news of atleast one murder case like this over trivial of issues. One day, some weeks ago, I remember reading cases of 2 murders by family member itself within 1 day. All such murder cases makes me wonder that many people are really  losing out on patience, that one is even ready to kill someone (or already killed). In the above cases I mentioned (you can search those on Google which I saw on Inshorts news app,...

Image source- dreamstime.com I often come across wedding videos, photos and reel where the bride and groom meet before the wedding ceremony, having fun or of posts where they say that the couple has decided to let go of certain rituals, like kanyadaan. Or changing some things like putting vermilion on men. Though the posts and reels are sweet, the comments underneath are often disheartening. Some of the comments are like -   "why don't they just have a court marriage?" "Seems like getting married only for Instagram" "Why can't they follow all the rituals when they plan to have a traditional wedding ceremony?" This cultural shifts aren't just only in traditional weddings of any religion, but even outside the religion and weddings. Like acceptance of LGBTQIA+ community and live-in relationships, even if its slow and in tier-1 cities as of now. The thing is- change is inevitable. And this inevitable changes also affects culture, be it ...