The Social Thinker

Human is a social animal and for a man or a woman, relationship is of equal importance as that of his/her basic needs. In this era of modern world, there is hardly a joint family that we see living together around us. It’s not been long that families used to live together adjusting with each other. But things have changed and now even the children are getting separated from their parents before and after marriage. So what are we missing by separating ourselves?   The traditional Indian family The idea of a family in India is very different from the western world. While in Europe and USA , it is a general practice where the kids leave the houses of their parents once they start to earn a living for themselves, children stay with their parents for lifetime. Not only that our family used to comprise of children and their parents , but there used to be a joint family residing in the same house wherein uncles and aunties along with the grandparents used to co-live. Except for ...