Very nice. Just sent this to my young nephew who sweated his way through the arranged marriage process. Very well made .

So make your own video....

That's not such a bad idea sir. Maybe I will

The statistics speak for themselves, or at least say a hell of a lot!

Do they really? Here are a few questions that should work against these lying statistics: (ref a close friend. Thanks Rashmi) if only 5% of arranged marriages result in divorce, it's because those marriages have probably been forced on the bride and groom by the parents, who will be ostracised if they even think of getting a divorce? Or...how many of those ninety percenters are loyal to their wives/husbands? How many of them are actually happy or have a choice in what they're doing?

Shot on Canon 5D Mark ii.

Love is a fuzzy term-is it an emotion? Is it a verb? So many marriages based on "love" in the west end in divorce.
I think what makes marriages work and last and loving in the east is the inherent sense of duty and commitment that is embedded within the culture itself.

I don't think there can be a lasting and fulfilling marriage without duty and commitment intertwined with "love"-whereas many marriages in the west when based only on emotional love, fail when the emotions change.

"I think what makes marriages work and last and loving in the east is the inherent sense of duty and commitment that is embedded within the culture itself. "

Well observed and nicely put. :)

I understand the concept of arranged marriage and think it is a commitment based on social roots, however, the east often looks down on the west and holds a sense of cultural superiority. I'll prove that a love marriage across 2 cultures (Indian + American) can be just as good as anything arranged.

Many will hope that it fails to prove that their assumptions and stereotypes of the west were correct.

I think you're missing the point. The point is to make love work, make love last, not marriage. What's the point in that? Unless you want to consistently maintain appearances with parents and accountants:)

More insights from my lazy (sic) friends: Deepti M. oh god. these video is fucked up without question. sugarcoating an institution in which there are lots of unhappy marriages and suicidal wives. "glimmery, well-paced seduction" is right. also agree with RD about the illusion of the 5% divorce rate. but i don't know if the happiness or unhappiness of arranged marriages should be the (only?) grounds of critique though - unless our assumptions about unhappiness of arranged marriages are based on some kind of statistics? love marriages can turn out to be very unhappy, and people can grow to love each other deeply in arranged marriages. i know both kinds. lots of 'children' are now actively involved in their own AMs, and that may not be any worse than what folks on salon.com or match.com do - it's an engineered hookup. so then are we ok with it? i don't think there is anything wrong with convenience in itself, but anyway i don't think that is the primary factor for AMs. i think the single biggest factor motivating AMs in india, and the biggest problem with it, is that it is a technology for reproducing caste boundaries and property, which cannot be done without regulating young people's sexuality. just look at the matrimonial ads. how did these two fair-skinned middle-class people even end up in the room together?? their parents have checked out family background, respectability, bank balances, but most imp they have found someone within the community/caste subgroup ...

Shot on Canon 5D Mark ii.

and i believe the lens is 50mm 1.4.

talk about it . i have the same feeling . happiness is important than name of a marriage .