{"id":6464,"date":"2015-04-24T15:40:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T20:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?p=6464"},"modified":"2015-04-24T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T20:43:18","slug":"arranged-marriages-online-matchmaking-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2015\/04\/arranged-marriages-online-matchmaking-in-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Arranged Marriages & Online Matchmaking in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\nIn a country in which arranged marriages have been the norm for thousands of years, some Indians are starting to use technology to help them find the perfect mate.<\/p>\nOnline matchmaking sites are becoming increasingly popular, according\u00a0to\u00a0this fascinating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/04\/26\/world\/asia\/india-arranged-marriages-matrimonial-websites.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">New York Times stor<\/a>y. \u00a0As a result, \u201cparents are increasingly \u00a0surrendering control.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>On BharatMatrimony.com, which says it helps nearly 50,000 people in India get married each month, 82 percent of male profiles are posted by the prospective grooms rather than by their parents, up from 60 percent five years ago, said Murugavel Janakiraman, the site\u2019s founder and chief executive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThis is a huge change in a country in which parents used to arrange almost all marriages. \u00a0But, as the New York Times notes, this does not mean that Indians \u201care straying too far from tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>Dating \u2014 or at least openly dating with parents\u2019 consent \u2014 is still relatively rare. And many of those who choose semi-arranged marriages say that romantic love, the head-spinning Bollywood kind, is not their goal. Compatibility is, as is a sense of control over one\u2019s destiny.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe Times story also include a colorful slideshow as well as the video clip above.<\/p>\nStudents studying Hinduism might find the story interesting.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a country in which arranged marriages have been the norm for thousands of years, some Indians are starting to use technology to help them find the perfect mate. Online matchmaking sites are becoming increasingly popular, according\u00a0to\u00a0this fascinating\u00a0New York Times story. \u00a0As a result, \u201cparents are increasingly \u00a0surrendering control.\u201d On BharatMatrimony.com, which says it helps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":6471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Arranged Marriages & Online Matchmaking in India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a country in which arranged marriages have been the norm for thousands of years, some Indians are starting to use technology to help them find the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2015\/04\/arranged-marriages-online-matchmaking-in-india.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arranged Marriages & Online Matchmaking in India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a country in which arranged marriages have been the norm for thousands of years, some Indians are starting to use technology to help them find the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2015\/04\/arranged-marriages-online-matchmaking-in-india.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Religions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-24T20:40:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-04-24T20:43:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2015\/04\/hindu-wedding.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"532\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George G. 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