Originally posted by: 5cents
Supriya, It is just beautiful❤️.You have put forth the name change and her exact thoughts so well👍🏼 Anandi Shivraj Shekhar is not an end but a sweet beginning to a new and beautiful dawn, giving me the wings to fly into the open sky with no constraints...just freedom. So very TRUE!!! 👏
I feel Last Name or Surname represents identity of a 'family' according to their religion, caste and profession. So when we get married, the other family welcomes us as and by accepting the family name we become one of them. If one DIL was 'Singh' in 'Shekhar's family', another is 'Shah' or "JHA", then where is 'one' family??Afterall marriage is called an institution, so if we have a family name it shows unity.
Supriya, you have expressed it so very well...absolutely my thoughts...By changing it we don't lose our identity but we gain a new identity; the moment we become DIL from a daughter!! 🥳