Early signs of social changes?

Two brides refused to marry their grooms because the grooms had come drunk to the marriage. Not only that, but the families of the brides also fully supported their daughters. Interesting and a welcome news : Unlike yester years, the families broke the tradition of forcing their girls into marriage after seeing the evils without fearing any social stigma. This happening in two different villages is a good sign and shows that such incidents have started to happen at the grass root level in Bihar.

Are these the indicators or early signs of the changing social framework in Bihar? I would think so and would love to be proven correct on this.

More details on the incidents themselves can be found in the DNA news article "Brides in Bihar refuse to marry drunk grooms"