Why Divorce is on the Rise in India?

In recent years, anything that goes wrong in Bangalore is often blamed on the IT industry. Be it a traffic jam, crowded streets, increasing rent or pollution, the techie population bears the brunt. The latest in the series is failure of marriages leading to divorces which have grown by a staggering 30% in the last year, reports Times of India.

The divorce rate in Bangalore has risen by an astonishing 30% in a short, three-year span. From 2,493 in 2005 to 3,243 this year, divorce filings before the family court are registering growth rates that would be the envy of any IT/BPO company. Incidentally, most of the cases do pertain to couples employed in Bangalore’s tech industry.

Interestingly, most of these couples are in their 20s who have been married for a year or two and financial independence encourages wife to agree by mutual consent. Long hours at work is cited as another common reason. Pune, another booming IT city, is not far behind when it comes to divorces. But the winner in this round is Delhi as it beats hands down all other cities with an average of 9000 cases of separation filed every year.

Accepts marriage counsellor Chandan Gupta, “Marriages are breaking up today because couples can’t see each other’s viewpoint. Couples in their mid-20s and early-30s bring a fixed mindset to marriage and refuse to change it. They feel that marriage is like a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces will just fit in but this obviously does not happen.” He goes on to say that as both partners are working these days, they are left with no time and energy to work on the relationship. “The hectic and demanding schedule of a normal working day leaves couples with no time to understand each other,” he adds.