Why ‘Adjust karlo’ is ruining Indian relationships
Relationships include two individuals coming together who have accepted each other from their good, bad and ugly days and have agreed to spend time with each other. This needs mutual effort and concern for it to withstand all the emotional storms ahead. However, oversimplifications at the same time through statements such as ‘thoda seh lena’, ‘cooperate with your partner’ and ‘give it some time, everything will get fixed soon’ may only lead to more misleading ideas with no solution to land on at the end of it all. Relationship counseling in India is on the rise of late due to the peak in the rate of divorces in our country. This is crucial and almost an antecedent to strengthen any relationship and enhance its quality or to work through unresolvable conflicts. Couples can opt for therapy at any given stage of their relationship including newly married ones to couples post retirement encountering differences with each other after having spent almost all their lives t...