Marriage

8 November 2007, 18:00 PM

Parvejur Rahman, Dept of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet

It has already been proved that girls in our country are capable of performing an equal role as their male counterparts, provided the requisite facilities are available. In one are they obtain a higher credit than boys since their presence in society is as exquisite as flowers in the garden. But in an important sphere of life like marriage girls are often not asked to give their opinions. Consequently, marriage, the tie of love becomes a mere shock to many girls. In the existing marriage system few girls are allowed to express their opinions. Recently, I had a frank conversation with many university as well as college going girls and found the majority of them are not independent of their family in the matter of marriage. A great many of them do not dare to argue with their parents regarding marriage to avoid severe punishments. This is not an ideal situation.