[net.nlang.india] pat on back for wpl

anand@utastro.UUCP (Anand Sivaramakrishnan) (06/18/85)

 wpl@burdvax.UUCP (William Loftus)  writes :

<  So to get back to the question about marriage, what is wrong with
<  letting your parents find you a mate, if they have been trying to
<  support you in every way they could.  And on the other hand  what
<  is wrong with picking your own mate if you have been taught to do
<  everything yourself.  
<  
<  .....
<  
<  Please reply, if you think I am wrong tell me why,  if I am right
<  pat me on the back.
<  

Pat, pat, pat

I have been brought up in various countries, India
included, and I'm a bit of a cultural mixture now
(y'all hear that now?). That gives me the right to
drivel on about this subject.  I think William Loftus has
hit the nail on the head with abovequoted paragraph.
And that's better than hitting the nail on the thumb.
I'd guess that about the same number of marriages
in either system are 'happy'. The fact is that few
people get divorced in India. Does that mean people are
forced to work their problems out more? Or
maybe just suffer more? Both?  Answers on a postcard
to  The BBC, Bush House, Aldwych, London WC2.