love is a beautiful emotion that brings two people together irrespective of their color sex race caste or class however to enhance or explore that love the couples need to spend more time with each other and maybe livetogether as well here is when marriage or a livein relationship comes into playmarriage is a more legal and sociallyaccepted form of relationship between couples there is a social validation that has its own appeal and satisfaction however livein relationships are the new and ongoing trends among the youth that gives them the freedom to live with their partners without any pressure of arranged marriages both of these sociallyconstructed institutions of love and relationships have their pros and cons representational imagein context of the indian society living with someone before marriage is still treated as a taboo especially in a manwoman relationship it corresponds to the idea of virginity especially of women which is considered violated if and when she engages in a physical relationship with a man before her marriage she is then seen as someone impure or unholy which is a traditional thought but widely accepted this is why a livein relationship is highly criticised by the society in contrast to this a section of the youth may not agree with what the conservative side of the society has to say they feel that livein relationship gives them the sense of freedom as well as the feeling of a conjugal life without the restrictions posed by the institution of marriage in a livein relationship one can leave or stay whenever he or she feels things arent working out but marriages can take a toll as they meant to be together for a lifetime or in the indian context for seven lifetimes also the legality involving a marriage makes it a difficult and timeconsuming process to dissolve it or seek a divorce marriages are said to be made in heaven and this is what the majority of the people believe subconsciously this idea is fixed in the minds of the people and knowingly or unknowingly the couples in a marital relationship work hard to make their relationship last for a long time and sometimes until death does them apart therefore marriages are a more stable form of a relationship in contradiction a livein can be too liberating at times with no restrictions there are more possibilities of instability and insecurity if you have not committed in a marital and a legal bond you cannot be sure of it representational imagerecently indian cinema came up with a movie featuring kartik aryan and kriti sanon called luka chuppi that portrays the troubles of the indian youth regarding livein relationships it depicts the dilemma of a couple who decides to know each other better by living together before choosing to spend their lives together but their conservative families mistake them to be married and great confusion follows we all know that love needs to be explored as it has many facets to it the