Cosmopolitan Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) is one of India’s most progressive and developed cities, blessed with a benevolent climate and very nice surroundings it’s recognized as Silicon Valley of India. The past decade has seen a mad surge of development, coupled with traffic congestion and rising pollution levels and more alarmingly RISE IN DIVORCE RATES too, at this pace be no surprised after Mumbai and Delhi it will be Bangalore that will have the highest number of divorces. Today stress levels have hit the roof creating a wedge between two people, pushing each farther away and they are just a memory to each other… some common reasons I have heard from my clients are unable to give time to each other, no sexual intimacy, communication problems, alcohol and drug abuse, small apartments to live in with In-Laws (Infrastructure challenges), lack of trust, infidelity, adultery, impotency and sexual orientation.

Divorce and Family disputes are at a raise in India and the problem is couples don’t want to solve their problems but are willing to part away without giving a second chance to their relationship. I once heard a comment “Love at First Sight and Divorce at First Fight” which seems to be true these days. In the last couple of years there are multiple instances where women are losing on the alimony claims / maintenance from husband post-divorce. Lawyers arguing and courts agreeing that a well-qualified wife and capable to earn need not fall back on the husband to claim maintenance and the trend seems to be increasingly alarming

Every case is unique and has its own merits and challenges, though many a people try to generalize as a spouse conflict or in-laws problem or financial etc… the reality is every individual goes thru a lot of pain emotionally … physically … spiritually … the circumstances are unique and very different, each experience of pain one goes thru cannot be generalized or categorized. Husband / Wife does not simply give up, its only after putting in all possible efforts one takes a very bold step for separation.