Article: COLUMN: Arranged marriage has merits

Smita Saxena
University Wire
05-13-2005
(Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Why is it that the mere mention of arranged marriage incites cries of sympathy and pity? The only conclusion I can draw from these unexpected reactions is that people still have archaic notions of arranged marriage as the utmost violation of human rights. It is exactly these kinds of inferences that I believe to be completely wrong. In a multi-cultural environment such as UCLA, such harsh criticisms are unnecessary, especially when most people do not even know exactly what having an arranged marriage entails.

As someone who has an arranged marriage, I can personally say that it is not the "contractual marriage" ...

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