Women Challenge Arranged Marriage in India, Fight Culture of Honor Killing

As the practice of arranged marriage remains common in India, many say that young people should be able to decide for themselves whom they marry. But parents say that arranged marriages are more reliable than love marriages and that they can find better matches for their children than the children can find for themselves. For some, going against family wishes has grave consequences. Honor killing when it comes to marriage is still common . The government of India has outlawed honor killing, but it does not have any laws against either arranged marriages or intercaste marriages. Meanwhile, nongovernmental organizations, NGOs, are advocating against honor killing and for intercaste and love marriages.

Read about Aastha(Not her real name) , 39, A project manager for an information technology company in Mumbai whose father no longer speaks to her because she married a man from a different caste http://www.globalpressinstitute.org/global-news/asia/india/women-challen...