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Anshu (27, left) and Saurabh (28, right). Their wedding was arranged, which is usually the case in India. [4, p. 86] To be precise, 90-95% of marriages in India are arranged (and 60% of all the marriages in the world!). [5] What that means is that a sophisticated match-making process is involved, nowadays using modern means such as the Internet (but not always, I was told it could be a bunch of old people asking around), in order to find the desired partner. The process can take months or even years for the most picky people. Then comes marriage, then comes love. It does not mean the marriage is forced, and Indian singles apparently have no problem trusting relatives to find them a match. [5] They believe that since they get a carefully selected partner from a similar background, comparable intelligence, and so on, the relationship will last and lead to true love. Horoscopes and auspicious days play a large role (especially for orthodox Brahmin families [4, p. 88]). So it's not quite the Western "try before you buy" approach, but might be quite similar to various online match-making services. The so called love-marriages are becoming more popular, especially among Westernised Indians who have their own source of income and can afford to be more independent from their parents (just like their own source of income - from weaving - helps Muslim women I met in the West Bank gain some independence from the husband). |
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| Author | Michał Huniewicz |
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