Posted on January 30, 2008 by squanderingthoughts
Arranging Love
Matchmakers. Exchanging pictures. And email addresses. Finding out about their family background. And religion. And social status. Whether their parents were divorced, had a love marriage, or were arranged. What do their siblings do? The list goes on and on. And somewhere between the ‘a’ of age and ‘z’ of zealous parents on that [...]
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Posted on January 30, 2008 by squanderingthoughts
The Namesake
I started reading “The Namesake” today. People often ask – ‘what difference, Arranged Marriage or Love Marriage. Ultimately, in a few years, they end up the same. Or perhaps, with arranged, you later love. And love – all that is left is to fall out of love.’To all of them, perhaps, I would [...]
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