Arranged marriages have been a part of the Indian Culture dating back hundreds of years.Our grandparents got married that way and so did our parents(at least most of ours)and they truly believe in it. The belief that your parents choose the best life partner for you is what they grew up with. And i think it worked perfectly and it still does.
But, with the advent of western culture in our society, the arranged marriage structure is believed to be so passe. People believe in finding their right match themselves and choose to follow it in spite of objections from their parents as could be in a few cases.
The idea was just to show a contrast of thoughts between the two generations.
Since, i write this to let you guys know what i actually think about i'l come to that too... soon.
I have seen marriages through both the methods fail and otherwise work beautifully too.
The reasons for failure could be many. One of the most prevalent ones can be described best with a concept in economics known as information asymmetry. For those of you who don't know what it means information asymmetry deals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party has more or better information than the other. This creates an imbalance of power in transactions which can sometimes causes the transactions to go awry the result of which could be morally hazardous and result in an adverse selection.
The other reason and which I strongly feel is the root cause of relationship failure is lack of commitment- commitment towards the spouse, towards oneself and also towards the relationship. And any relation could fail because of that.
And this is what i strongly believe in - commitment.
So in whatever way you find your life partner be sure to be committed in sickness and in health, till death parts you.
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