India, March 8 -- Family as a single unit is breaking up both in urban and rural areas due to the compulsion of individual profession, career-building efforts and his or her own family. This has given birth to what is now called a 'nuclear family' where parents are separated. In this article Prof. K.V. Satyan takes a look at the future of marriage as an Institution. -Ed

By Prof. K.V. Satyan

A child enters the world (legally) through a family. For the family to be meaningful, the marriage must hold the participants firmly. Unfortunately, family as a unit is destroyed by thoughts of urbanisation giving rise to old age homes. Increasingly modern youth have failed to carry the idea of caring for their parents with love and respect.

The fam...