International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
L Manizia, Eli Nasrin Farhana, Tulika Borah, Sampreety Gogoi and Jinamoni Saikia

abstract
Over the past decade, there has been a rise in live-in partnerships within Indian society. The growing number of couples choosing to live together shows that people now have positive attitude regarding relationships that are sometimes referred to as "taboo". The modernity of this fast-changing world and globalization has revolutionized all aspects of life due to which changes could be observed in our social life, but a large section of our society is still coming to terms with this modern culture. Therefore, this qualitative research aims to understand the perspective and attitude of female Ph.D. scholars of a university in Assam, towards live-in relationship. An in-depth interview was conducted, the data collected was then analysed using NVivo software. The finding of the study suggests that the feelings/perspectives of the respondents towards live-in relationship were a little more negative rather than positive. Media (social media) has the most mentions as being one of the factors influencing youngsters moving towards live-in relationship.