What do young Indians think about the new dating scene?
Earlier parents were given the responsibility to find the best match for their children.
They consider the financial status, education and most importantly the religion and caste of the prospective brides and grooms before “rounding off” the right one. Many a time, the marriage is fixed or engaged even when the bride or groom are kids so that they grow up and then enter into the relationship of marriage. This is a very contrasting practice to what happens in Western countries.
Interestingly, the majority of middle-class Indian youngsters who date seem to do it because they want to find a life partner as they do not trust the arranged marriage system. Most of them say they date simply to find the ‘right person to marry’
Indian matrimonial websites are now a safety for a large number of young people who have a busy life of work and spend most of their online time. So if the people cannot discover love on the table beside them, then you certainly can expect to discover love online. Indian matrimonial websites come with a number of advantages that make love a reality.
While parents’ choice for a girl is usually the one who is fair, can cook better and manage a household better, boys often choose an earning partner because of growing materialism. Among the salaried class, the choice of which girl to dated comes to who earns better. Boys in business generally look for a date that is beautiful, preferably from the same community and someone who would be happy sitting at home and not working.
Even though there have been significant advances in the living style, most of the youngsters would still want their parents’ blessings before they enter marital life. However, there have been an increasing number of cases wherein there are couples who decide to tie the knot without bothering about the caste, religion or the expectations of their parents many a time, the parents never accept them back into their lives and it is considered as a crime or as an act of embarrassment.
Nowadays, there have been considerable changes at the Indian dating front. Parents are liberal regarding permitting youngsters to date whom they like. But still a large number of youngsters seek their parent’s opinion before they date someone or would want to marry someone.
Notably, in metropolitan cities, where the life is too busy, marriages between individuals from different castes a religions does not create as much news or furore as that in villages. This is a sign that Indians ready to accept and are welcoming changes in their lives. Whatever is the end result, the acceptance and permission of parents is still an unavoidable aspect in dating and marriages.
Conservative families might still be banking on matrimonial websites to find the right life partner for their children, but with ‘love-marriages’ on the rise, dating sites are becoming a popular alternative for the younger generation, even among Indian families in the United States.
Nowadays, parents give the freedom to youngsters to date and find their match. However, this does not mean that they can date as many as they want before they enter marriage. The increase in the number of matrimonial websites and Indian dating sites proves the fact that dating is slowly becoming a part of the Indian culture.
Metropolitan cities have started to whole heartedly welcome couples who want to date and live in. All these show that dating do exist in India; however, it is yet to be accepted completely into the society as that in Western countries.
According to a report prepared by a research firm called Juxt Consult on matrimonial services, the percentage of youth surfing the dating and friendship sites has surged considerably. It is 51 percent for dating sites as against 48 percent for matrimonial ones.
No matter how much these so-called popular matrimonial websites try to disregard the truth, riding on their success so far, but they should be forewarned by the increasing popularity of the dating websites, which might soon turn the tables for them even in India.
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