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The legal drinking age in many places e.g. Delhi, Mumbai is 25 (It's 30 in Wadhra district). And, the legal marital age is 21 for males and 18 for females. Oh!
by pavanred 13y ago
The legal drinking age in many places e.g. Delhi, Mumbai is 25 (It's 30 in Wadhra district). And, the legal marital age is 21 for males and 18 for females.
Oh! You are a 18 year old girl, you sure can be trusted with marriage and having/raising a kid but you sure cannot be trusted with booze!!
- vikas0380 13y agoi don't understand what logic or studies they referring while selecting the ages.
- kashif 13y agoThis is an inappropriate analogy touted by many. Marriage and booze can't be equated. An over dose of booze might cause you to render harm to someone else, this cannot be said of marriage. You may want to lower the drinking age but you need to come up with better reasons :) Also why shouldn't the drinking age be 15 or 13?
- pavanred 13y agoI used the analogy because both entail responsibility. I am not favoring increase or decrease of either age mandates, I am just commenting on the disparity, if one cannot be trusted to consume alcohol responsibly then should the same person be trusted to be responsible for another human life (marriage and raising a child).
- sentenza 13y agoMarrying and having children before you are "ready" can adversely affect the children. And, let's face it: Many young marriages are particularly bad matches due to the inexperience of the people involved. In any case: I didn't know that there was a legal minimum age for marriage in India and I commend them for having it. Such a limit is an important progressive step for any country in which the parents are heavily involved in matchmaking.