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    When people talk about marriage today‚ many people automatically think about romantic love and “love at first sight.” However‚ some marriages are not made based off of love; this is called an arranged marriage. Some people think that the idea is repulsive but they do not take into account some of the benefits that may result from arranged marriages. In society today‚ many are accustomed to romantic love. However‚ arranged marriages are still being practiced‚ especially throughout Hinduism. Given

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    (Un)arranged Marriage In (Un)arranged Marriage Bali Rai shows us the spicy world of an Indian Punjabi boy and his family living in England. Bali rai has found inspiration for his main character in himself. He grew up in Leicester and wanted to become the best Liverpool player of all time‚ just like the main character. The boy who is the main character is called Manjit but he prefers being called manny‚ as to being more westernised. Manny has a good friend called Ady with whom he does things he should

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    Are Arranged Marriages and Forced Marriages Unethical? Would you consider having your marriage forced or arranged to a person you never met or seen before? Most probably no‚ but this is happening to many young females and males all over the world. Arranged and forced marriages have been a heated debate in certain cultures‚ justifying whether it is good or bad it’s hard to judge. There have however also been many changes to these traditions in contemporary society‚ regarding culture clashing. Researching

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    great beginning to a perfect marriage. It is important to realize that while India is very modernized in some aspects (i.e.. they lead the world in student’s math and science scores and produce the largest amount of engineers in the world) they still keep to the tradition of arranged marriages. Marriages formed out of love AKA "love marriages" do happen in India but it is not the norm. It is an accepted fact that a person’s family will play a role in picking the marriage partner. While to many people

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    Argumentative Essay Arranged Marriage Vs Love Marriage Marriage is a relationship that bind of a spouse in formal event and registered by law as to declare a husband and wife. Marriage is key to form a family into larger as a basic unit in social system. Marriage also bind of the emotional relationship where both spouse are sharing their life together as to form a family. It is the joining of two people in a bond that putatively lasts until death‚ but unfortunately in a real life is increasingly

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    The deliberation of the word marriage is connected to thoughts‚ feelings‚ emotions either its love marriagearranged marriage or forced marriage. Antecedently‚ discussing the concept of forced marriage and arranged marriage‚ I would like to bring thoughts of the reader toward two stories related to forced and arranged marriage. Begin with a story of a poor family with only the father somehow making some earning and have two daughters that he wanted to get married as soon as possible because they

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    played a vital role in changing the perception of the Indian mind. Love marriage is supposed to provide freedom and more independence as compared to arranged marriages where the girl/boy is chosen by the parents. The usual question of love marriage voters against arranged one is that how can anyone marry the person whom they don’t know? Amid popular love lore like Soni Mahiwal‚ India always had a long tradition of arranged marriages. With the advent of the British and the subsequent introduction of

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    castes‚ outside the Brahmin fold. The children of such marriages have generally acquired the caste of the mother. Iyers follow one of the four Vedas - Rig Veda‚ Sama Veda‚ Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. The Veda that an Iyer follows forms an important part of his identity‚ another being the gotra that he belongs to. The gotra is the name of the rishi who founded the clan one is born into. A woman belongs to gotra of her father until marriage‚ and then during kanyadaan changes to that of her husband

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    Arranged Marriage in India India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world which in turn encompasses a diverse and rich‚ cultural‚ historical‚ religious and social dichotomy. The question I posed for my annotated bibliography was “how is marriage arranged in India”. In order to understand this concept‚ I must delve deeper into why it is so prevalent and how it has withstood the test of time the. The historical significance of this process is important and I will discuss how it has evolved

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    Every culture is different and we should respect the way people think and live as long as they aren’t committing a crime against someone’s life.What I find ethnocentric about some cultures is arranged marriages. An arranged marriage is when a family chooses the bride or groom for their child.Arranged marriages are considered wrong in our society because the children are treated as objects .Young men and young women get their freedom taken away to choose the person they want to be with for the rest

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