{"id":5046,"date":"2008-02-21T03:14:01","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T21:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2008-02-21T03:14:01","modified_gmt":"2008-02-20T21:44:01","slug":"a-trend-to-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-trend-to-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trend To Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"
With India’s new affluence comes the divorce generation<\/a>, says a headline in the International Headline Tribune<\/i>. The story, by Anand Giridharadas, described how divorces are on the rise in India. It gives me great hope for the country.<\/p>\n I know there will be voices bemoaning the breakdown of the family and suchlike, but to me, more divorces = less women trapped in bad marriages. An increasing divorce rate indicates that women are being empowered with more choices, and that is a great trend. I hope it grows.<\/p>\n Also read<\/b>: My review<\/a> of Tim Harford’s The Logic of Life<\/a><\/i>, which summarises his take on the “divorce revolution” in America. And my old post, “Does economic growth lead to family breakdown?”<\/a><\/p>\n (IHT<\/i> link via email from Gautam<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With India’s new affluence comes the divorce generation<\/a>, says a headline in the International Headline Tribune<\/i>. The story, by Anand Giridharadas, described how divorces are on the rise in India. It gives me great hope for the country.<\/p>\n I know there will be voices bemoaning the breakdown of the family and suchlike, but to me, more divorces = less women trapped in bad marriages. An increasing divorce rate indicates that women are being empowered with more choices, and that is a great trend. I hope it grows.<\/p>\n Also read<\/b>: My review<\/a> of Tim Harford’s The Logic of Life<\/a><\/i>, which summarises his take on the “divorce revolution” in America. And my old post, “Does economic growth lead to family breakdown?”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n