I loved him for sure, probably the only man I ever loved, but I didn’t have the courage to walk away from my current life. to tell my kids that their lives would be changed forever.

Job security and financial stability is one of the key factors that prospective brides, their grooms, and their families look for in arranged marriages, so why is this wrong?

Trigger warning: This deals with dowry and a potentially abusive marital situation, and may be triggering for survivors. After she had been washed in haldi and draped in the red banarasi, And the ornaments put on one by one; After she parted the beetle leaves, exchanged the garlands, then walked the seven steps around the […]

Indians believe that every woman MUST marry at the 'right' age, and every married woman MUST have a baby. It bothers us when a woman decides to be child free.

I have been accused of having academic arrogance, being naïve, and too 'modern' in my thinking. That I need to see if the basics are right, and the guy and the family are not abusive and financially secure. The rest is secondary.