Marriage Advice
Sougandhika Parinaya ( सौगन्धिकापरिणय ) lithograph: Romancing around the Tree Marriage Advice | Monday – April 6, 2026 C an there be such a thing as a "dysfunctional" marriage ? Of course not, marriage and dysfunction are impossible in coexistence, and if there is such a thing as a marriage in dysfunction, then that marriage is not a true marriage; a marriage in the name of the law is indeed no such thing as holy matrimony, and really many marriages are unholy, and should perhaps, depending on inclination, not even be considered marriage, but that is a note for another time. The point of marriage in modern times seems to be quite different from the truly sacred unity that marriage represents, and if one cares to rely too much on the vocabulary of the moderns, then yes referring to marriage as a kind of "institution" makes sense, but this modern institution is really an economic union. Sure, there are marriages in the legal sense that do meet the criteria for a k...