NSS and Extravagant MarriagesThe statement made by NSS that extravagant marriages should be stopped by the community is praiseworthy and highly appreciable. But it should be remebered that it was the NSS who carved rules and regulations for conducting marriages and funeral rites resulting in the wastage of money which no other caste entertain. For a marriage NSS has made it mandatory through each and every Karayogam segments that luxury coach buses must be arranged for taking the guests of bride and bridegroom to the marriage venue. For conducting a funeral rite NSS charges a contribution from the community members of the deceased. The bride's family is taking care of all the the expenses of the marriage including the grand feast. The family of the bride is supposed to meet the expenses of the bridegrooms family in the form of grocery and clothing for a period of oneyear immediately after the marriage. The reception handing over of bangle to mother in law, use of more than three sarees etc forms the part of extravaganza. Why to say more the expenses for the first delivery is exclusively reserved for the brides family. NSS should try to revoke these all rules urgently to put an end to extravagant marriages thereby inducing socialism in the community. Otherwise steps must be initated to share the expenditure mutually by the families. But unfortunately till now no NSS leader has set an example for conducting simple marriages to help the financially weaker sections in the community.
