LIVE IN RELATIONSHIP

 

LIVE IN RELATIONSHIP 

Census 2027 will record live in couples who stay in a household in a stable union as married couples. 

It means there will be zero data on how many Indians are choosing live in relationships. 

The census should capture cultural shifts as erasers cannot kill any cultural momentum.

The policy makers' ability to constructively address how a society is transforming should never be obstructed. 

Live - ins are now are more popular than marriage in USA and UK

It is certain that cohabiting couples exist in India. It is a growing feature not only in metro cities.

But there is a lot of social animus. Never mind that Supreme Court has found it protected under the right to life and liberty. 

Hostilities are animated by the idea that this is not 'Indian Culture.'

But culture never is, never has been, a static thing. It is constantly evolving.

Indian mythology suggests that, once upon a time, Indians were much less puritanical.
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Sourced from the editorial, 'Count us in,' of Times of India, 31.03.2026