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"Arranged" Marriage. India. Rules/Roles + Love [Ep #11.2]

"Arranged" Marriage. India. Rules/Roles + Love [Ep #11.2]

Update: 2020-09-29
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Arranged marriage - what reaction does that incite in you?

    
This week, we’re delving into Indian marriage: who has arranged ones and can people be happy in them?  McCall and Cass have conversations with Celia Daniels, an Indian trans woman in a heterosexual arranged marriage; Monique, an Indian Australian woman who opted to have a non-arranged marriage; and Manpreet, a Punjabi woman who opted to marry a fellow Sikh.


Summary



  • [02:22 ] Reminder: Who is Celia Daniels?

  • [03:02 ] Celia Daniels on Indian, Christian, Arranged Marriage

  • [07:04 ] Celia on her duality as womxn and husband/father

  • [08:35 ] McCall + Cass on arranged marriage

  • [09:11 ] Who participates in arranged marriages? Where did this idea come from?

  • [12:01 ] Types of arranged marriages


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  • [16:30 ] "Moonies'" Unification mass-ceremony arranged marriages

  • [20:40 ] Love is Blind…?

  • [22:13 ] Divorce + statistics, in the U.S.

  • [24:00 ] The caste system - in the U.S, too….?

  • [24:47 ] Is arranged marriage like the show “Married at First Sight”?

  • [27:20 ] Introduction to Manpreet in Punjab

  • [27:47 ] Manpreet on arranged marriage

  • [28:21 ] Monique's happy marriage

  • [30:29 ] Monique on gender roles in India

  • [34:52 ] What’s to come, Cass?



Quotes



  • [19:27 ] “The mirror of love is blind. It makes zucchini into okra.” --Arabic saying

  • [29:04 ] "I don't think it's the things that keep you together... It's when things go bad, and they're not enough to break you apart... that's when you know that it's a good relationship." --Monique Kalmar




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"Arranged" Marriage. India. Rules/Roles + Love [Ep #11.2]

"Arranged" Marriage. India. Rules/Roles + Love [Ep #11.2]

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