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"For many middle-class, educated people—especially in cities—there's all kind of ways to do an arranged marriage. One of the best ways that people are finding is to go online," Kennedy explained. "We have a cultural blockade in the West against the idea of arranged marriage," she noted, "and I actually felt that kind of breaking down for me when I was there." She continued, "There's some kind of practical things that go along with making the choice of who you're going to spend your life with that perhaps have longer been a consideration in India than they have here" in the US.

Arranged Marriages in India

There are certainly differences in dating between cities such as Delhi and Mumbai, Kennedy says, but ultimately, one's family matters more than a specific regional difference.

Regional Differences and Indian Relationships
There are certainly differences in dating between cities such as Delhi and Mumbai, Kennedy says, but ultimately, one's family matters more than a specific regional difference.

This is a clip from the 2006 film 'Outsourced'. While not surprising that the issue of arranged marriage was discussed in the movie, i do find it remarkable that it was a woman taking the role.



A few things to point out in this 1:11 minute dialogue: I'll Learn to Love him First comes marriage then comes love, or so the theory goes. However, in many Indian arranged marriages, the love never manifests. When families are shopping for a potential mate astrological charts are compared in an effort to find the most suitable match. If the stars line up favorably (along with other factors) an astrologically auspicious wedding date is set. A womans worth as a wife and daughter-in-law is oftentimes related to the amount of material wealth she brings into the marriage, followed by her bearing male heirs.