Why More Family Courts?
“Chennai to get 4 more family courts”, read The Hindu headlines last week. The word ‘family court’ is synonymous to me with just the ‘D’ word. And, it brought back memories of a difficult phase I had been through. It also reminded me of the emotional upheaval that I went through last week (This week, I am coming to terms with it). The entire last week has been physically and emotionally draining: Physical due to a stringent deadline at work and Emotional, as I meant, due to few of my close friends walking the path. For me, it’s been 4 years; for my friends, it has just started—officially. For a few, it’s liberating and for others, it is nothing short of a pain that’s increasing with each passing day. All this has only increased the number of questions or thoughts in my head; a few are listed below. So, what is going wrong with our people that we need more family courts? Why are divorce rates increasing? Are we so cruel to each other? Have our expectations ...