For years, arranged marriages in India have been glorified as the gold standard of finding a life partner. They are presented as a system where families carefully select the perfect match, ensuring ...

The world is changing faster than ever, yet something unexpected is happening in the marriage customs of several nations. While Western societies often assume arranged marriages are fading into ...

In her school in India, Arthi Ramachandran '08 didn't talk to boys. She would walk to school through the hot streets of Chennai, a city in southern India, covered in a salwar kameez — traditional ...

From Married at First Sight to Indian Matchmaking, arranged marriages have been reality TV fodder for years. But, as is true of many a reality TV relationship, arranged or not, what we see onscreen ...

Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from "The DNA of a Doctor: How Upbringing, Culture, and Unbridled Ambition Curates Achievement" (Post Hill Press, 2026) Both of my grandmothers, living in two ...