Questioner: Good evening sir. I’m…. and I’m a PhD student here at IIT, Kanpur. Sir, I have a very personal question. Being a girl child, especially in India, comes with very different sets of consequences. Despite being given equal opportunities like education and skills, at the end where we’re supposed to get a proper match, we’re being judged merely on two and I guess only two things, which are first, how you look and second, does your Kundli match with the groom or the guy.
So, right now I’m witnessing a very disturbing thing. There’s a girl who is a surgeon by education. She is completely independent, yet, her matches which are being filtered by her parents who are well educated, are completely based on the guy Manglik, irrespective of whether the guy is fulfilling the education eligibility or personality or other things which are supposed to be considered. So, how to handle this situation?
Acharya Prashant: Relieve yourself of the obligation to handle this situation. You handle a situation when; first of all, you’re in the situation. Just drop the situation, just move past the situation. I mean, the girl in question is a qualified doctor. You said, “She’s a surgeon.” The first thing I find amusing is how is she outsourcing all these matters to other people. I mean, medical studies, are long-drawn affairs. She must be over 25 at least, 28, 30, maybe 32. I don’t know what’s her age.
Questioner: That is another point that she has passed a certain…
Acharya Prashant: Right. That also means that she has gained a certain maturity, I do not see that as a disadvantage. If she is 32, she is more mature than the ones who are 25, right? So, she is mature enough and she’s a qualified surgeon. She might be earning as well, If not a salary, then at least a stipend?
