Move on, Prenup Agreement Shouldn’t Turn Out to be Half-Baked

In a society ridden with vices like dowry, prenuptial agreement may not be helpful, writes Nishtha Gautam.

Yesterday I fed laddoos to my colleagues. When told that those were my shaadi ka laddoos, almost each one of them was taken aback only to heave a sigh of relief later when I joked about successfully renewing my ‘contract’ after seven years. In an era of decreasing life spans of nearly everything from electronic gadgets to our patience, it is only natural that the validity of sapta-padi be brought down to seven years instead of seven lives. Little did I know during that banter that I would soon be looking at marriage as a real contract with prenuptial agreement, and not the sacred vows, as its pivot.