Courtship and Marriage - A Guide for Indian Couples

Courtship and Marriage - A Guide for Indian Couples

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Author: Vijay Nagaswami
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 246
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143028081

Description

Written in an accessible and informal style, the book combines real and fictionalized accounts to illustrate the more common difficulties of modern marriage and describes practical steps towards resolutions and personal growth.

Do you, like many modern Indian couples, worry about your marriage? Do you feel that your most intimate relationship could be more fulfilling and wonder how you and your partner can attain a deeper level of love? Psychiatrist and marital therapist Dr Vijay Nagaswami offers advice to today’s Indian couples who want to strengthen their marital relationship. He expertly guides partners through problems that they face routinely and identifies challenges encountered in both arranged and love marriages.

Written in an accessible and informal style, the book combines real and fictionalized accounts of illustrate the more common difficulties of modern marriage and describes practical steps towards resolutions and personal growth. Intended for all couples, not only dysfunctional ones, this is an indispensable resource for one of the least understood and discussed aspects of contemporary Indian life.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Let’s Start at the Very Beginning.

Ambika and Amar: No Dowry, Please. We’re Modern

Maya and Manoj: Calling It Off

I Do: Making the Primary Commitment

How on Earth Do People Get Married?

Maya and Manoj: The Way I Am

You Never Told Me This Before: Unstated Expectations

Ambika and Amar: Mammy Blues

There’s Parent in My Bedroom!

Ambika and Amar: The Pants Don’t Fit.

Who’s in Charge Here?: Control Games

Maya and Manoj: Trapped

Me Tarzan, You Jane: The Quest for Intimacy

Ambika and Amar: Where Have All the Storks Gone?

The Great Drift and the Great Escape

Maya and Manoj: Little Worlds

Cul-de-sac #1: Parallel Lives—Work and Other Addictions

Ambika and Amar: The Family on the Lawn

Cul-de-sac #2: For the Sake of the Children

Maya and Manoj: My Turn

Cul-de-sac #3: An Affair to Forget

Starting Over: Making the Secondary Commitment

Seeking Help

When All Else Fails: Of Recalcitrant Spouses and Divorce

Anita and Deep: Henpecked!

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