Sneha, a young, slim and beautiful girl, a post graduate and working in one of the leading companies. A 24 year old who lives her life on her beliefs and principles. She’s the girl of the 21st century with modern perspectives. Her family members are trying their best to arrange her marriage considering the fact that she’s well settled and has attained a marriageable age. Many proposals came for her from various channels and destinations. There were no grounds to reject her as far as her physical features were concerned. But her marriage got delayed several times because of the old age tradition/belief which is main impediment in marriage i.e. viewing Kundli (Horoscope), karmakands, dosh, etc. Adding to her problems, she had a Mangal prone horoscope which is generally considered as a bad omen in the community since ages. She didn’t believe in any of this and was helpless in this regard. Despite of having a well educated family she could not convince them to overlook the so called “KUNDLI MATCHMAKING” tradition.
Years passed by and soon she entered her late twenties and by this time one could notice a drastic change in her behaviour. She was no longer a “Happy go Lucky Sneha” and became a dull and quiet personality who was mostly found lost in her thoughts. She tried to keep aloof from her family and friends. The thought of getting rejected by quite a number of guys within a few years only on the grounds of being a “MANGLIK” kept bothering her. All day long she used to question herself “What is my fault if I was not born just 10 minutes before??” Yes, that’s what her family astrologer said while preparing her kundli. Just because she was born 10 minutes late, her kundli witnessed a Manglik dosh with her taras and grahs changing their positions. Can you believe it??? She did not even know what were possibly the taras and grahas. All she believed was that the essence of a successful marriage is based on understanding and compatibility.
After going through a series of rejections based on the reasons she didn’t even believe, she had different plans for her life altogether. With a thought in mind that her life cannot be decided by an astrologer with his orthodox believes, she decided to give a new turn to her destiny. One day she went to her family pundit’s (astrologer) office. It was not just any ordinary office but was a huge 3 storey building with big nameplates and banners all over. She went there and had a conversation with him for almost about an hour showing keen interest in the field of astrology. She enquired about all the facts which were becoming a hurdle in her marriage. The pundit briefed her with all the details and charged her with a considerable amount of fee. At the time of payment, Sneha offered him an amount ten times the fee and asked him to prepare a new kundli eliminating the so called DOSHS. She succeeded in her mission and the pundit convinced her family with the “New” kundli. Alas, she got married within a span of 2 months! It’s been almost 2 years now and Sneha is happily married with 2 kids. Till date no one is aware of the truth.
We call ourselves the so called “Modern” people but are we really modern in our thoughts?? Well, that’s what needs our attention. We see how kundli/horoscope matchmaking has become more of a business these days but still we follow such old school traditions. Marrying a tree or an animal or an object would dissolve our doshs we don’t even know, we still follow such rituals. It has actually become more of a “HORRORSCOPE” rather than horoscope.
Trust and understanding are the essence of any relationship. These are the factors which need our focus while getting married leaving the rest up to Almighty above!
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