To ask a question is easy, the difficulty is to look very carefully into the problem itself, which contains the answer. To understand this problem, we must see its implications.

Is marriage necessary?

People who are leading good married life or witnessing others' good married life will say as 'necessary'.

Is it not necessary?

People who are leading bitter married life or witnessing others' bitter married lives will say as 'not necessary'.

One man’s fascination could be another’s irritation. Two people seeing from the same window could see different things or see the same things differently. Not many people share similar point of views or attitudes.

Some people may see marriage as a necessity to carry on life while others may marry to fulfill necessities in life. Both ways, marriage becomes fulfillment, but of different needs.

Marriage varies in definition according to different contexts. For a religious person, marriage is a religious sacrament which is the fulfillment of sacred and religious duties. For a practical person, it may be the most logical means of companionship. For a society conscious person, marriage is a legal and social acceptance of wedded bliss. For the profit-minded, marriage is a means of deriving wealth and saving it too.

Let’s examine the basic difference between the two situations of marriages that take place. No, it’s not the love marriage and arranged marriage we are talking about. The two conditions of marriages that happen are marriage of necessity and necessity of marriage.

Necessity is the basic or fundamental requirement. Can marriage ever become a necessity? If yes, what are the reasons that make it a necessity?

Yes, marriage is a necessity. But for what needs has to be answered first. And these needs change from person to person. When the needs lead to marriage, it’s a marriage of necessity. When marriage itself is a need, it’s a necessity of marriage.