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From: sunil@ut-ngp.UUCP (Sunil Trivedi)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: Arranged Marriages
Message-ID: <1800@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 06:13:17 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  8 06:13:17 1985
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> From: suchi@utastro.UUCP (Suchitra Balachandran) Fri Jun  7 11:59:47 1985
> To: sunil@ut-ngp.ARPA  {...!ut-sally!ut-ngp!sunil}
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>                     About your arranged marriage question:   
>
> I agree with the one reply I saw posted on the net.  It really is a question
> of your cultural upbringing.  The norm in India is an arranged marriage and
> that is what one does when one thinks of getting married.  The basic problem
> even if you want to do otherwise is the inability of meeting a sufficient 
> number of people to choose a partner.  The pattern is changing though slowly.
> I am not surprised that Indian guys here are returning home to find wives.
> How many single Indian girls do you know in the US?  If it does, 'unarranged'
> marriages are more likely to catch on in India and among single Indian girls
> here.
>
>                                              Suchitra
>

	This mail to me was posted as it seemed appropriate to the current
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						Sunil Trivedi