the tradition and culture that our society now romanticize are of agricultural phase. There are many phases of social development, nomadic-tribal-agricultural-industrial-post industrial. While our culture is rooted in agricultural society our economics is in post industrial phase. It is economic structure that changes the social structure. Now economics structure is post industrial which requires both husband and wife to work to be economically stable, such traditions are entirely irrelevant if not outright obsolete.
Like there used to be no marriages during poos(paush) maas, as crops used to get cut only after mid january, when poos ends, now there are marriages all over the year. Economics driving the society
you are basically talking about urban India...we all know that 70% of Indians still live in villages where it's quite relevant. :)
I have not observed seclusion at this level in the South except maybe the muslim families. The Marwari families who have lived here for generations also follow this tradition so I am assuming it is more of a Northern cultural thing. We know that Purdah system originated in Persia. But am curious to know if this segregation existed before the coming of the muslims(some historians claim so) in North India and what the rationale for following was in the few communities that followed it.
Yes Economic Reason But MashaAllah we have Mardana and Zanana Khana, separated with each other. chotay motay gaon main to shaayd abhi bhi khiyal rakha jata hay :cobra:
But MashaAllah we have Mardana and Zanana Khana, separated with each other. chotay motay gaon main to shaayd abhi bhi khiyal rakha jata hay :cobra:
inn shareef bachoon kay pait main darhi hoti hay 
