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The great Indian arranged marriage

Its strange how people how people refer to it by the afore mentioned name...like its becoming extinct? Much on the lines of the great Indian bustard? For those who don't know what I'm talking about - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Bustard . This bird has long been on the endangered list, and they should be too, what with being polygamous and all. Sigh, they are all the same, aren't they? Other than that, it seems to be a fairly decent looking thing, with its neck folded and periodically emanating a resonant booming call, much like my dad :D . But I digress. Talking about arranged marriages then. People's reactions (esp in India) to how you got married is a testament to changing society, which isn't necessarily a good thing. Many many moons ago, telling someone you had a "love marriage" would elicit a "*GASP* LOVE MARRIAGE?? NARAAA-YANA...". Today , telling someone you have had an arranged marriage makes them tilt their head and look at