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Why Arranged Marriages
As they say, marriages are made in heaven; in India there is another version of where marriages are made. In most of the European and American world, marriages are made when two people decide they want to be married; this is not entirely true if you are an Indian. In India, the events that lead [...]
The License
One thing that sure is disturbing is the fact that most of these marriages are based on compromise because you do what is expected of you rather than live your life. You learn to love your husband and his family and live life just the way your in-laws expect you to because in most cases, [...]
Still The Marriage Saga
In the Indian society men and women have always maintained a strange awkwardness between themselves, even as adults. Here it is absolutely normal to find men and women who are virgins till they are not married. Though society is changing of late, marriages have often been left in the hands of guardians, parents, relatives and [...]
If
If
Would it be fair to say, I love you, because the other person says so? And what if you did, just due to the sheer excitement of being loved. And of course eventually fall in love. Is that how it was supposed to be. Or are you supposed to tell from the way a stranger [...]