Thursday, September 18, 2008

Types of Hindu Marriages

According to Manusmriti or laws of Manu there are eight different types of Hindu marriages. They were as follows:

* Brahma marriage
* Daiva Marriage
* Arsha Marriage
* Prajapatya Marriage
* Gandharva Marriage
* Asura Marriage
* Rakshasa Marriage
* Paishacha Marriage

According to the historians these eight different types of marriages prevailed in ancient India. Among the eight types all didn't have religious sanction. The last four were not religiously defined it were condemned.

In Brahma marriage once the boy completes his Brahmacharya (studenthood), he is eligible to get married. His parents then approaches the parents or guardian of a girl belonging to a good family and ask them for the hand of their daughter for their son. The father of the girl also carefully chooses the bridegroom who is well versed in Vedas and of a noble character. This is how a Brahma marriage was arranged. There was no system of dowry. So the girl's family didn't have to give any dowry to the boy's family. There was the ritual of kanyadaan where the father uses to gift his daughter to the boy. In this system of marriage no commercial transaction is done. Among the eight types this is regarded as the highest type of marriage by the dharmasastras.

In case of Daiva marriage the girl is married to a priest (rtvik) during a sacrifice. In this type of marriage the girl's family wait for a reasonable period for a suitable man for their daughter but when nobody turns up they go looking for a groom in such places where a sacrifice is being conducted. Here the girl is groomed with ornaments and married to a priest. According to the sastras Daiva marriage is considered inferior to Brahma marriage because it is considered degrading for the womanhood to look for groom. It is only the groom's family that will seek bride for their son than only womanhood is elevated.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Divorce Help: Getting Rid of Divorce Stress Now!

If you sat down for just a few minutes, you could come up with an entire list of things that a divorce is: painful, frustrating, saddening, depressing, terrible and many, many more. However, the one thing a divorce is for everyone is stressful. Stress is dangerous to our health, emotions and can leave us feeling drained and ready to give up. However, there are some great ways to get rid of stress and this article is devoted to those very things! Here is some divorce advice on getting rid of divorce stress.

Learn to Recognize When You Need Help

While we would all like to think that we are superheroes and that we can make it through everything with no help at all – it’s just not true sometimes. Divorce brings new situations, such as kids custody without the help of your spouse, paying bills and more all on your own. When you need help, ask. If you need a few minutes of peace, have a family member or friend watch the kids for an hour. If you need help with the stress, talk to a therapist. Ask for help and don’t force yourself to bear the brunt of it all by yourself.

Find an Outlet for Your Stress

Another great thing you can do is find an outlet for your stress. There are many different things that will allow you to vent and get rid of some of that anger and stress. For instance, working out is a nice way to get healthier and alleviate some of your stress. Another thing you can do is keep a journal. Write down your thoughts or feelings when you are particularly stressed and say all the things you have too much class to say out loud! This is a great way to vent and reduce your stress. Finding an outlet for your stress is very healthy and will help you to move on in a healthy, stress-free way.

Get Involved

Another thing you can do to reduce your divorce stress is get involved in something. Find a project that is worthy of your time, volunteer your time at a local homeless shelter or VA hospital or do something else that will allow you to connect. Not only will you be doing a lot of good for others who are in need, but you will be focused on something other than your divorce, which is great! This is an effective way to get rid of stress from divorce and move on with your life in a healthy, happy way.

When you are dealing with post-divorce stress, there are many different things you can do to get rid of it. By using the tips and tricks in this article, you can make a difference in your life and get rid of the stress that plagues you.

Monday, September 1, 2008

How Divorce affects Children

Divorce is a hard and trying time for the people involved. Complications often occur and depending on the reasons as to why the marriage is coming to an end there are often bitter feelings between the separated couple and when a child is involved matters often spiral even worse.

The love between a child’s parents and the love that they express to the child is everything that the child knows so when divorce is thrown into the equation the results equal traumatic. Your child will go through a series of emotions when the news that divorce is occurring reaches them, which is why it is important that you tell your child in the correct manner and you reassure them.

Divorce is sadly becoming a common event within families and if children are involved there is a lot more at stake than just a marriage. Consistency to a child is highly important; a loss of routine and a change in your child’s daily habits can have an impact on your child’s life. The reaction of a child to the news of divorce can vary depending on the child’s age and ability to accept what is going on. It is evident that younger children have a harder time dealing with divorce as they can’t fully understand what is happening.

When it comes to a child’s reaction to divorce there are certain emotions that your child will go through starting with grieving. Your child will grieve the loss of family and the daily presence and attention of two parents. After grief comes denial of what is happening. Your child will ignore the fact that the divorce is going on and will refuse to believe that it is happening.

With denial then comes realisation of what is happening, which will result in mourning, depression, mood swings as well as changes in behaviour and anger towards you as parents for allowing the divorce to happen.

Finally your child will understand and start to accept what is happening to their family. You must however remember the importance of answering your child’s questions about what is happening and reassures your child that both you and your partner still love them; this is crucial in reassuring your child that everything will be ok; things will be different but they will be ok.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Marriage Wedding

In India there is no greater event in a family than a wedding, dramatically evoking every possible social obligation, kinship bond, traditional value, impassioned sentiment, and economic resource. In the arranging and conducting of weddings, the complex permutations of Indian social systems best display themselves.

Marriage is deemed essential for virtually everyone in India. For the individual, marriage is the great watershed in life, marking the transition to adulthood. Generally, this transition, like everything else in India, depends little upon individual volition but instead occurs as a result of the efforts of many people. Even as one is born into a particular family without the exercise of any personal choice, so is one given a spouse without any personal preference involved. Arranging a marriage is a critical responsibility for parents and other relatives of both bride and groom. Marriage alliances entail some redistribution of wealth as well as building and restructuring social realignments, and, of course, result in the biological reproduction of families.

Some parents begin marriage arrangements on the birth of a child, but most wait until later. In the past, the age of marriage was quite young, and in a few small groups, especially in Rajasthan, children under the age of five are still united in marriage. In rural communities, prepuberty marriage for girls traditionally was the rule. In the late twentieth century, the age of marriage is rising in villages, almost to the levels that obtain in cities. Legislation mandating minimum marriage ages has been passed in various forms over the past decades, but such laws have little effect on actual marriage practices.

Essentially, India is divided into two large regions with regard to Hindu kinship and marriage practices, the north and the south. Additionally, various ethnic and tribal groups of the central, mountainous north, and eastern regions follow a variety of other practices. These variations have been extensively described and analyzed by anthropologists, especially Irawati Karve, David G. Mandelbaum, and Clarence Maloney.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

From Tabloid to Online Bingo

Because of the widespread popularity of online bingo , there different companies, may it be a gaming company or not, have waded the waters of the famous online game. Even Daily Mirror, a famous tabloid website in the United Kingdom, has introduced bingo gaming to its subscribers to respond to the demands of avid bingo players. Registering on the bingo site takes only a couple of minutes, and since Mirror Bingo is a non-download game, you don’t have to spend time in downloading software. Just click the “Play Now” button on the website and your ready to dab those cards and win those pot prizes. Of course, this will only work if you have a Flash version 8 on your computer. You can start an account with an initial £5 fund, but if you want to get a matching one hundred percent (up to £150) sign-up bonus you need to deposit an amount no less than £10. For every succeeding deposit, you get 50 percent up to £50 max re-deposit bonus. You can also get extra bingo points by participating in chat games such as Money Spiders, Legs Eleven and Butterfly Bonus, or by purchasing bingo tickets. The points you have accumulated can be exchanged for wonderful prizes or can be converted to bingo bonus. . One way of doubling your bingo points is to play during Happy hours, which takes place in the chat rooms every Thursdays, from 2 to 5 in the afternoon. The bingo games that Mirror offers include the traditional 75 ball and 90 ball bingo, plus other exciting chat games and tourneys.

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Monday, August 4, 2008

Gathering the Bingo Fanatics of the World

If you are a bingo fanatic, you probably have played in more than one bingo websites. Sites like Mecca, Dream, Foxy, Gala, Game Village, 888 Ladies, Bet Fred, Littlewoods, Black Pool Club, and Ladbrokes are so familiar to you. And you also know that Daily Mirror and The Sun are not just tabloid websites who give you news from the most relevant to the most mundane, but they are also sites that cater to bingo players. You may have some personal reviews and ratings for these online bingo sites, and you want the online bingo players to know which site offers the best free bingo bonus or which site sucks. In Bingo Hideout, you can post your personal reviews and ratings for your online friends to see. Ever felt satisfied about a particular bingo site that you want to tell the whole world the great service they offer? Or how about itching to tell the bingo public how poor the customer service is in one online bingo site so they would be warned? You can voice your opinions through Bingo Hideout. Either you post a review, or you can also share your opinions in the friendly forum. The topics on the forum, however, are not limited to reviews and ratings of bingo websites. It can range from the best site to play free bingo to just about anything.

The primary aim of Bingo Hideout is to gather all bingo players in one site. Through networking, one can easily update and be updated on the latest offers of a bingo website or the latest news from your friend’s life. Meeting people in the bingo online community is one of the most enjoyable aspects of bingo playing, and keeping them is more fun! Instead of saying “goodbye, hope to chat with you again”, one can say “bye for now, update me on Bingo Hideout”.

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Friday, August 1, 2008

Dowry In Arrange Marriage

We are all familiar with the story : boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy and girl gets married. For the majority of the western world, this is our ideal of a great beginning to a perfect marriage. It is important to realize that while India is very modernized in some aspects (i.e.. they lead the world in student's math and science scores and produce the largest amount of engineers in the world) they still keep to the tradition of arranged marriages. Marriages formed out of love AKA "love marriages" do happen in India but it is not the norm. It is an accepted fact that a person's family will play a role in picking the marriage partner.

While to many people raised in the west, this might sound odd. It is important to remember that in Indian society an arranged marriage is seen as an act of love. Since marriage is one of the most important decisions a person will ever make and because divorce is not accepted among most Indians, it is imperative that the marriage choice is carefully thought out and planned. How can a young person make such an important decision on his/her own? Instead, the family (usually the parents) look for certain traits in a marriage partner. Some desirable traits looked for in both male and female are: matching levels of education, matching cultures, close parental cities, matching religions, and matching vegetarians/non-vegetarians just to name a few.

Potential bride-grooms come under close scrutiny for several areas of the matching process. Do they have enough means to support the bride? Do they appear to be men who will make good husbands and fathers? Often, the bride will live with her in-laws after marriage in what is called a joint family. Because of this, the groom's family is also brought under close scrutiny. Do the women of the household seem well cared for? Do they have a big enough house for another person and grandchildren? Does the family have a good reputation?

Potential brides also come under scrutiny by the boy's parents. Since it is a commonly held belief that brides are the embodiment of that family's honor and pride, the girl must be from good family and have good manners. She should be respectable and have no taint on her name. Does she have the makings of a good wife and mother? Does she want to work after marriage or stay at home? There are so many factors to weigh, that I can not list them all.

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