The present book traces the evolution of marriage and family from the historical past to the present day. This book encompasses the meaning of love in both the Indian and the Western context with insights from immortal Indian love legends and corresponds love with childhood attachments. The book provides insights to the physical, mental and sexual readiness for marriage and mate selection. This book contains exhaustive detailed description of marriage customs of more than fifty Indian societies. The family unit is the single most important variable in the overall development of one’s personality. An intact, close-knot family is the result of a healthy marital relations. This book explains an understanding of the role of adjustment techniques in marriage. It gives an in-depth knowledge of role of sex, money, power, inlaws relations, friends, communication, religion, personal compatibility and working women in marriage. The book highlights techniques for maintenance of marriage. This book studies family life across various Indian societies and foreign societies, and discusses the differences between rural and urban societies. This book will promote the overall goal of family life education. If focuses to improve the quality of marital and family life. This book emphasizes the tasks and problems of the family life cycle stages. The book highlights information on various marriage and divorce laws in India. This book features the importance of sex education for healthy development of sexuality. The book provides illuminative guidance on how to save and grow marital relationships and improve other intimate relationships. This book enlightens on the psychological and social dimensions of human sexuality. The book enlists alternative forms of marriage and family. A comprehensive glossary of key terms and bibliography is included at the end of this book. The book should provide valuable information to the youth, marital couples and the future policy makers and those who implement welfare programmes for the society, besides serving as a handy reference book to students, scholars and academicians interested in research and teaching on marriage and family. An invaluable book for any person who wants to improve their intimate relationships and develop in-depth understanding of marriage and family.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amiteshwar Ratra
Amiteshwar Ratra is Consultant in the Department of Women's Education, School of Continuing Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi at New Delhi. She had formal Schooling in a convent school in Delhi, received her bachelor's degree from the University of Delhi, her master's degree from the Kurukshetra University at Kurukshetra, and her doctorate from the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at Hisar. She got ICAR Senior Research Fellowship for doing her Ph.D. and at master's she stood first with distinction in the University. Her career span is yet of few years in which she has guided several M.Sc. students. She has made contributions in several books and published research papers in reputed journals. She has attended various national and international conferences and seminars and presented many research papers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Praveen Kaur
Praveen Kaur has very recently retired as a Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at HIsar. She received her bachelor's, master's and her doctorate from the Banaras Hindu University at Varanasi. She has over 38 years of experience in teaching and research, out of which she spent nine years at Vasant Kanya Mahavidalaya at Varanasi, few years in the Department of Rural Sociology at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at Hisar and rest in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at Hisar. She visited Michigan State University at Michigan, USA under UNDP Project. She has many published research papers in reputed journals and contributions in various books. she has guided several M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, attended various national and international conferences and seminars and presented many research papers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sudha Chhikara
Sudha Chhikara is Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at Hisar. She received her bachelor's degree from Agra University at Agra, her master's degree from the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at Hisar, and her doctorate from the B.R. ambedkar University at Agra. She has over 21 years of experience in teaching and research. She visited Michigan State University at Michigan, USA under UNDP Project. She has many published research papers in reputed journals and contributions in various book. She has guided several international conferences and seminars and presented many research papers.
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