“I was introduced to my future husband by email, met him for the first time on Skype and married him two months later,” says Divya. Even though an arranged marriage doesn’t sound like the most romantic thing to her, it’s the best decision she's made.
Anita Chedi, an Indian from Surinam, wants to marry her girlfriend. Luckily she now lives in the Netherlands, where same-sex marriage is legal. But there’s an extra problem: Anita wants a Hindu wedding.
Thousands of couples elope every year to get married. While reasons to elope might be different in different parts of the world, the numbers are growing. Find out more about eloping in our Top Five Facts.
Forty-seven percent of Indian women aged between 20 and 24 were married by 18. That’s higher than the average for both South Central Asia and Africa, the Times of India reports.
Marrying your cousin might help keep your family healthy, a new Dutch study found. This might come as a surprise, because it also means your children are more likely to have birth defects.
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