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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThere was a time when women who got married at an early age were forced to quit studies. But that seems to be passé. There is a rise in the trend of young women working it out with their husbands and families to continue their studies even as they fulfill their roles as wives and mothers. Walking into a college campus, these women would seem like any other student.However, a thin line of demarcation is that while others run to the cocoon of their parental homes, these women return to their matrimonial homes.R Nagamani, a second-year BSc Physics student of the PSGR Krishnammal College for Women in Coimbatore, appears to be like any other teenager of her age. The only difference is that while her friends gush about their crushes, she goes gaga over her husband.Nagamani, who had a love marriage right when she embarked on her graduation last year, is now a seasoned homemaker as well.“I am trying to do my best at home and in college. While it requires a certain level of sacrifice, I am willing to make it as my husband is very helpful and understanding. We’ve even planned that I would be pursuing my BEd after graduation and he would support me in this,” she says. Some of them do have to make small sacrifices to be able to continue their education. Aishwarya S Pai, a final year B.Com student at Nirmala College feels lucky to enjoy her college life, but misses her husband badly.“I got married to him when I was in my second year. I am staying with my parents in Coimbatore as my in-laws wanted to ensure that I complete my graduation before joining my husband in Germany. My in-laws, who are in Kochi, are very supportive. While it is painful to be away from him, I suppose one has to make sacrifices,” she says wistfully. With today’s women increasingly straddling tradition and modernity in the workplace and at home, young married women are equipping themselves better with college education to face the challenge of dealing with the world. While these women are spanning the breadths of conventions and subtly blending with the avant-garde, there are boundaries for other women to push.Saravanan and Saranya (names changed on request) took on their families to elope and get married.However, life has been arduous for them since then. While Saravanan has been supportive of his wife to study further, she says she has a difficult time coping up with her newborn child, Saravanan’s meagre income and the classes. “I sometimes wish we had delayed the marriage till I got my degree,’’ she said. first published:August 28, 2012, 07:50 ISTlast updated:August 28, 2012, 07:50 IST
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There was a time when women who got married at an early age were forced to quit studies. But that seems to be passé. There is a rise in the trend of young women working it out with their husbands and families to continue their studies even as they fulfill their roles as wives and mothers. Walking into a college campus, these women would seem like any other student.

However, a thin line of demarcation is that while others run to the cocoon of their parental homes, these women return to their matrimonial homes.

R Nagamani, a second-year BSc Physics student of the PSGR Krishnammal College for Women in Coimbatore, appears to be like any other teenager of her age. The only difference is that while her friends gush about their crushes, she goes gaga over her husband.

Nagamani, who had a love marriage right when she embarked on her graduation last year, is now a seasoned homemaker as well.

“I am trying to do my best at home and in college. While it requires a certain level of sacrifice, I am willing to make it as my husband is very helpful and understanding. We’ve even planned that I would be pursuing my BEd after graduation and he would support me in this,” she says. Some of them do have to make small sacrifices to be able to continue their education. Aishwarya S Pai, a final year B.Com student at Nirmala College feels lucky to enjoy her college life, but misses her husband badly.

“I got married to him when I was in my second year. I am staying with my parents in Coimbatore as my in-laws wanted to ensure that I complete my graduation before joining my husband in Germany. My in-laws, who are in Kochi, are very supportive. While it is painful to be away from him, I suppose one has to make sacrifices,” she says wistfully. With today’s women increasingly straddling tradition and modernity in the workplace and at home, young married women are equipping themselves better with college education to face the challenge of dealing with the world. While these women are spanning the breadths of conventions and subtly blending with the avant-garde, there are boundaries for other women to push.

Saravanan and Saranya (names changed on request) took on their families to elope and get married.

However, life has been arduous for them since then. While Saravanan has been supportive of his wife to study further, she says she has a difficult time coping up with her newborn child, Saravanan’s meagre income and the classes. “I sometimes wish we had delayed the marriage till I got my degree,’’ she said.