Part 5 Rewind here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 I hope I have scared the shit out of you guys. Because marriage is quite scary – it is a big decision – a decision that might change your life forever and there might be no going back. But why do we really get married …? I wonder? To satisfy our parents? I don’t think so… that is just an excuse. To satisfy the society? Hmmm… now who can ever do that? Then what is it?...

Part 4 Rewind here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Love marriage Vs Arranged marriage… the traditional definitions (Love marriage – you elope & Arranged marriage – forced by parents) no longer holds good. Love is what is going to define your relationship but it is the society and your parents who are going to support you on the outside. An arranged love marriage is the way to go. It is very important that the boy and girl understand...

PART 3 For those of you who have not read the previous parts: Part 1 Part 2 The scariest part about marriage is the unknowns… “Am I taking the right decision? Is this the right time? Is this the right partner for me”. Boys and Girls did not really have to carry the burden of thinking about this as this decision rested on the parents and society… until recently. With more boys and girls making marriage their personal decision...

PART 2 For those of you who want to read Part 1 – Click here. Moving on… what is marriage for both the genders? Well girls and boys define marriage two worlds apart. For boys it is just two people coming together to live their life together but for the girl this is change of world – everything becomes new for the girl – new brothers and sisters, new parents, new place … everything new… but for the boy it is just...

Part 1 Marriage is something that is generally supposed to scare the boys away and something that makes the girl blush. Well at least that is what I thought so. Why am I writing this post about marriage…? Good question. Well it all started with two of my friends – they got engaged and are getting married very soon. And apparently Marriage is a ditch you want to pull your friends along into…Jokes apart; this time I was in...

I found this very interesting post that captures the essence of arranged marriages and I thought Ill share it with you. The Author is Priyanka. Read her blog here. I never dated my husband. Like 90 per cent of the Indian youngsters, I (and my husband) gave in to the easy way of parents setting up a mutual meeting followed by a convenient marriage. Getting married was an easy task. It was all made to look natural (felt natural...

Today I Opened the Assissi magazine (Christian magazine) and was surprised to see an advertisement. Chavara Matrimony (matrimony site for Christians) is conducting a Marriage Fair. The event is called “Mega Marriage Fair”. Now, for my readers from the western world, We do things a bit different here. We dont have dating sites, instead we have matrimonial sites. Both are the same, but in a matrimonial site people end...