*Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Sociology, Davangere University, Davangere
**Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Journalism and New Media Studies, Davangere University, Davangere
Online published on 5 May, 2016.
This paper explores the steadily increasing incidence of divorce more particularly among IT professionals in Bangalore city (India). Every year, almost 2000 to 3000 divorce petitions are filed in Bangalore and the same numbers are disposed off in the family courts in Bangalore city. Majority of the couples who seek divorce are those working in IT sector as professionals. It is observed that there has been a consistent rise in the incidence of divorce, about 17.25 percent from 1981 to 2011, which further increased to 31.9. Percent in 2011, onwards, indicating a rise of 14 percent during the decade. It appears that marital breakdown in other metropolitan cities and in Bangalore is increasingly influenced by incompatibility among young IT couples. Several other factors are also aggravating the situation thereby threatening marital bonds. The expectation of young IT couples from marriage is growing for their emotional and social problems are very difficult to be met. Marital breakdown IT professions it tries to explore the factors that have lead to divorce and to identify types of person who go for divorce, in Bangalore city.
