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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicIndian Marriages

Topic: Indian Marriages

Can a horoscope match ensure happy marriage? A new book finds answers

Venus Mars – Love and Marriage, written by Acharya P. Khurrana and launched by actress & author Shilpa Dhar, highlights the importance of studying Jupiter while matching horoscopes for marriages.

More and more young British Indians want ‘love-cum-arranged marriage’

My research shows that British Indians feet they have the ‘freedom to fall in love with anyone’ but within certain boundaries.

Sarcasm, taunting by in-laws wear and tear of married life, Mumbai judge observes

The court was hearing the application of a couple, aged 80 and 75, who were seeking anticipatory bail in a case of mistreating their daughter-in-law.

Only first wife of man entitled to lay claim on his money, says Bombay High Court

The Bombay HC, however, said children from both the marriages will get the money. The court was hearing a case of the second wife of a police sub-inspector who had died due to Covid.

The different ‘guns’ in Uttar Pradesh and Sharad Pawar’s balancing act

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Zoom Shaadi Mubarak! Even Covid can’t stop these Indian couples from tying the knot – online

Nuptials fixed on dates dictated by astrological charts have been hurriedly transformed into digital ceremonies over Zoom, YouTube & Google Hangouts.

The scientific argument for marrying outside your caste

Community-based marriage systems remain prevalent in India despite rapid urbanisation and the proliferation of smaller families.

Modi govt considers lowering marriage age for males: Can Indian men handle it at 18?

The government has also proposed to make child marriages void at the outset.

Age of marriage for men could soon be reduced to 18

According to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) 2006, the lawful age for marriage currently stands at 21 for men and 18 for women.

Does India’s low rank on global divorce rate indexes mean happy marriages or social pressure?

As global divorce rates rise, studies show that India ranks the lowest in the world – at less than 1 per cent. Luxembourg has...

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?