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They parents’ house. were run by him before dated through college and This was followed by being completed, but he got married two years after prolonged discussions was not allowed to actively graduation. As a kid, this about my uncle’s future take part in deciding how was the definition of mar- with the prospective he wanted his ceremony riage for me — two people brides. I was not allowed to look like. Most of the falling in love, being with to take part in these con- nitty-gritty was left to the each other for a while, and versations because I was elders of the two families. then deciding to spend the too young, but the thought All the meetings, dis- rest of their lives in the of my uncle marrying a cussions, talks, and ne- company of each other. girl before really getting gotiations made me real- As I went from being a to know her threw me into ize that it was more than toddler to a grade-school- confusion. just a ceremony at stake. Rather, it was two families er, I realized this was the A chain of events en- Contributed by aadit tambe way only a small portion sued — elders of both coming together to form a Aadit Tambe’s parents Anagha and Makarand are seen on their wedding day in 1994. of people in India got mar- families talked to each third one along my uncle ried. other; discussions took and aunt. ilies of the couple get in- bond between the bride wonder whether these This was the section of place regarding the back- This was when I under- volved and work to make and the groom. I have marriages are successful society that lived in big grounds of the bride and stood that in India, it is the marriage successful. seen around me couples in a deeper sense. cities. This form of mar- groom; elders of both fam- never the marriage of two Divorce is deeply stigma- whose marriages have With the changing riage is still not socially ilies started meeting; and people but the marriage of tized in Indian society, ac- been arranged by their times, the thought pro- accepted in rural towns finally, horoscopes of the two families. cording to a report in the families. Most of these cess of the educated class and villages in India. bride and the groom were Amid the excitement for Journal of Comparative can be deemed “success- in India is changing. In According to a study matched. the wedding, however, I Family Studies. Divorces ful” because they have not this changing society, I published in The Wash- After both sides of the was stumped by the ques- are rare and are looked at ended up in a divorce. I, embrace the idea of fall- ington Post in 2017, 84 family felt satisfied with tion, “How can my uncle as last resorts. however, have seen a lack ing in love and then get- percent of Indians had an the “background checks,” decide to spend his entire The United States sees of chemistry in many of ting married, rather than arranged marriage, and the prospective bride life with an almost strang- a divorce rate of 42 per- these couples and often the other way around. 53 percent Indians disap- and groom were given a er?” The thought alone cent, according to a report proved of dating before chance to meet. Initially, scared me. from The Guardian. This marriage. they met in the presence of I would rather be in a is largely because divorces Arranged marriages their families, and as this space in which I get to are easier and common to have been around in South proposal started material- know a person better and file. Asian culture since 500 izing, the bride and groom then choose to arrive at a Because I was raised B.C. They are a type of started meeting outside. decision about marriage. by parents who had a marital union in which the After a couple of meet- This is the way a major- love-marriage, the thought bride and the groom are ings and prolonged dis- ity of marriages take place of having an arranged chosen by someone other cussions in the house, my in India. It came to me as marriage for me seems than themselves — typi- uncle was asked to convey a surprise that most ar- frightening. Although my cally by their parents, rela- his decision — a “yes” or ranged marriages are suc- parents understand this, tives, or family friends. “no,” which would be tak- cessful. India has a divorce most people in my family I experienced the tra- en as the final word. It was rate of less than 1 percent, do not. dition of arranged mar- a “yes” — he agreed to get according to a report from In Indian society, a riage firsthand when a few married.