Please cite stats and studies to to support your assertion that "it results in much lower divorce rates"... I know people who indulged in premarital sex who are curretnly divorced.
I see you agree with my assertion that to understand the ramifications of pre-"marital" sex, we must understand what marriage truly is. Out here there are same sex marriages as well. Though homosexuality is illegal in India do you expect me to believe that homosexuaity does not exist in India?
My basic stand is:
1. If you insist on discusing pre-marital sex, let's not talk about "Indian" vs "Western" culture. There ain't no such thing...
2. Let's review this as a sociological study and list real reasons for and against. Not some scriptures / some superstition / some societal "log kya kahenge". Though that is a real constraint to open discussion, if we want to really discuss it, we have to overcome that tabooness of the subject (is there such a word as tabooness? Too late now, I just made it up..)
3. In any such review we should consider what options exist for controlling it. Are there, in fact, any options? ( How's the homosexuality law working out there, huh? )
4. The original question was "Should we write about it or not?" Fine: let's talk about that. Why and why not? Give me reasons for both sides. Don't parrot the "against Indian culture"
5. At the end of the day, we may agree to hold on to our beliefs unchanged. That's fine too. But think of the amzing fun I'll have during the discussion.... :)