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Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels (The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart), as well as a short story (The Word Love) were adapted into films. Divakaruni's works are largely set in India and the United States, and often focus on the experiences of South Asian immigrants.
Depictions of arranged marriage in fiction, a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents.
Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents. [1] In some cultures, a professional matchmaker may be used to find a spouse for a young person.
As my marriage fell apart, I would often fall asleep in my sewing room chair and stumble into bed in the wee hours of the morning. It was the only space in the house that felt safe. My husband ...
The rest of “Arranged Marriage” details Rexford’s views on life and her advice for other women. “I want to teach women to love themselves and put themselves first,” she said. “Most of ...
After I escaped an arranged marriage by fleeing to the utopia of Akron, Ohio, ‘American woman’ is a moniker I now wear proudly.” The cover of comedian Zarna Garg's memoir 'This American Woman'
(Un)arranged Marriage is the story of Manjit (nicknamed Manny), a teenage boy living in Leicester, England.His strict Punjabi parents are disappointed in Manny's poor behaviour and grades at school, so they decide to arrange a marriage between Manny and a girl from India, whom he does not know.
An arranged marriage is not the same as a forced marriage: in the former, the spouse can reject the offer; in the latter, they do not. The line between arranged and forced marriage is however often difficult to draw, due to the implied familial and social pressure to accept the marriage and obey one's parents in all respects.