nagpur lack of communication between life partners over certain issues they face over a period of time is a major cause of increasing number of divorce cases said noted psychiatrist dr avinash joshi on thursday speaking at a symposium on increasing cases of divorce who is responsible organized by abhivyakti vaidarbhiya lekhika sanstha at baburao dhanwate hall shankar nagar dr joshi said that if married couples do not sit together and sort out problems that are the root of discord then it becomes difficult to continue the relationship dr joshi said that knowing about each other can help thrash out differences that may crop up in the future it is important that couples have the qualification of living together and have patience he said adding that parenting skill also has a role to play to keep the marriage going dr joshi also urged the organizers to conduct premarital counselling camps to keep cases of divorce under checkvikas sirpurkar former judge of the supreme court said that the rate of divorce will not come down unless couples do not change their thoughts beliefs attitude and alter their ego lawyer pallavi khare said high education forced marriage less liberty ethics and moral are the main causes of divorce in todays scenario she elaborated her points by giving various examples family court counsellor manjusha kanade said it is not true that love marriage are unsuccessful there are many persons who seek divorce due to a variety of reasons despite having an arranged marriage forced marriages cause more divorces she said senior journalist bal kulkarni said that value of relations in society hardly exists these days giving simple examples that life offers these days he said there was a time when ones mother would not eat food until a guest came home now wife would not take food until guests leave the homereporting by konika miglani