Aise rishte kya kehlate hai... BY ALI PETER JOHN

My personal feeling is that the more man takes leaps and bounds in technique, the more he losses out on human feelings. Take any of the emotions and feelings that have been established by our forefathers for ages and see how they have been crumbling after the sudden spurt in the fields of computers, technology of any kind and the infinite growth of knowledge and you will, if you are broadminded enough, know that science and technology have given a shock to all human feelings which will take a long time to regain their stability, Sanctity and their status - Ali Peter John

Let me not go into a lecture about this subject which deserves many more lectures by many more enlightened and learned people.

But let me just tell you a couple of morden stories about how the institution of marriage has been taken for a toss by some of our well known stars. I have nothing personal against them, but somewhere within me there is a soul which feels hurt about such happenings.

Hrithik Roshan and Sussann were the children of two established stars of the 70s, Rakesh Roshan and Sanjay Khan. They were childhood friends and fell in love and got married inspite of being from two different religions (I wonder what society would have to say about their marriage if they had married today).

They had married after 14 years of courtship and had two sons Hridaan and Hrehaan and life was fine, with Hritik becoming a superstar and Susan becoming the number one interior designer of the country.

But, God alone knows what happened between them and one fine morning, they landed in the Family Court of Mumbai and pleaded for a mutual divorce which the court granted and they both shifted to their own houses with the children opting to live with the mother.

Time passed and there were all kinds of rumours about them. Hrithik was linked with a young and upcoming actress called Saba Azaad and Susan was set to be having an affair with an upcoming TV actor called Arsalam goni.

And soon there were stories in every gossip magazine and on social media about which hotel Hrithik went for dinner holding Saba's hands and where Susan and Arslan were found in what are called lovey dowey positions.

And now all the four, Hritik and Saba and Susan and Arslan and even Hritik and Susan's son are seen together during festivals and having Pikniks and they don't have any worries about samaj kya kahega.

And the same has been happening with Amir Khan. He married his childhood sweetheart Reema dutta and had two children Ira and Junaid.

They were married for several years till Amir started making 'Lagaan' and fell in love with his Assistant director Kiran Rao and Amir divorced Reema and started living with Kiran and they had a son who they named Azad Rao.

And now during the peak of the pandemic both Amir and Kiran announced their decision to separate. They are now still working on their film Lal singh Chaddha.

They live in the same building but only on two different floors. They are jointly taking care of their son Azad and their film. And they are waiting for the release of their most ambitious film Lal singh Chaddha on which their have spent seven years.

These two couples had to face a big emotional challenge during the pandemic, but they had their own loving ways of solving their problems. Hritik request Susan to come and stay in his house so that they could jointly look after their sons who were living with him.

And it is said that the clever and perfect Amir found love in his dangal beti Fatima sekh and the whole world was talking about their affair, but now as the time for the release of Lal singh Chaddha draws closer, Amir is avoiding all controversial issues and is not even saying anything against the government which was his popular bait some months ago and he is strictly not saying anything about any Fatima or is not even talking about love in his life or love in the world.