2021-05-01 09:30
More and more young British Indians want ‘love-cum-arranged marriage'
Representational image of an Indian marriage | Photo: pxhere.com Text Size: Arranged marriages occupy an awkward place in contemporary Britain. For some, they're equivalent to forced marriage. Others see them as a quaint custom in need of adjustment to the modern ideal of western-style 'love marriages'. However, my decade-long research with British Indians paints a rather different picture of this practice. Far from being a homogeneous tradition, modern arranged marriages involve a variety of matchmaking practices where each family tailors its own version to suit modern identities and ambitions.

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