After years of failed dating in New York, Anita Jain came to the conclusion that the Western dating system is seriously flawed. Here's an excerpt from her rationale:
What surprises me now is how much this system leaves to chance encounter, to a kind of fate or fortune. For a decidedly unmystical society that seems to have the answer for everything else -- the best medical care, cutting-edge technology, superhighways, and space shuttles -- it seems odd that people are left to their own resources, casting around for another lonely soul, for what is arguably the most important decision of their lives.
So the author takes the only logical course of action under that realization:
She moves to India to find a mate.
That's the premise of her new book, "Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in the New India." You can check out an excerpt, which includes the aforementioned passage, here.
When I was a teenager, I knew an Indian girl whose parents expected her to have an arranged marriage. She always complained, but I was actually pretty jealous. I couldn't even find a prom date, and she already had her marriage planned out.
What do you think about the chance nature of finding love? If you could have no hand in choosing your spouse -- but the relationship was guaranteed to succeed -- would you do it?
