Article April 23, 2001 Issue

Portrait of a committed marriage

Here are a few key ingredients.

with contributions from Subhash, Indu Malhotra

Subhash and Indu Malhotra, who live in Bombay, India, visited the Sentinel last fall. We asked them to share thoughts on their marriage, which was arranged for them by their families. They also talked about their daughters' marriages, which were not arranged.

Subhash: Our parents arranged for us to meet. Normally, in India, the parents of the girl do not tell her that they are meeting the bridegroom-to-be, because they don't want her to be hurt if the man rejects her. But we gathered at the home of a mutual friend, and I was very impressed with the innocence that Indu expressed, and I wanted to marry her.

Indu: The day we met, I didn't really notice Subhash, but the next day my mother casually said, "We feel that this is the right time for you to get married." I was doing my last year of my bachelor's degree, and I wanted to get my master's.

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