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Arranged Marriages Vie with Love in Modern India

Miranda Kennedy reports on the changing nature of arranged marriages in India. Kennedy attended an arranged marriage ceremony on a day when 10,000 couples were married in New Delhi, at the height of the "marriage season." Arranged marriage is still the norm, but more and more middle-class families are bending the rules to allow the bride and groom a little more control over their choice of partner.

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