For years, arranged marriages in India have been glorified as the gold standard of finding a life partner. They are presented as a system where families carefully select the perfect match, ensuring ...

4%), making it the most significant country where this practice remains dominant. Stats on arranged marriages show that 74% of India's youth prefer arranged marriages over finding a partner ...

In her school in India, Arthi Ramachandran '08 didn't talk to boys. She would walk to school through the hot streets of Chennai, a city in southern India, covered in a salwar kameez — traditional ...

On Aug. 24, 1986, I had an arranged marriage in India, which was brokered through an introduction from a family friend who knew both my husband’s family and mine. On July 13, 2024, my daughter had an ...

As I have written before, I am utterly fascinated by the nearly universal practice of arranged marriage in India. Even as other things westernize rapidly, the institution of arranged marriage ...

Arranged marriages make up half of the world's unions, but in the U.S., where "love marriages" dominate, one may wonder what arranged marriages look like in modern culture. Despite the undeniable air ...

In a recent blog post, I wondered why so many Indian arranged marriages are successful. I based the discussion on my observation that even in a rapidly modernizing India, most educated, upper-class ...