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Lauria Meadoff´s question

 

How do the cultural clashes between the traditional Indian culture and the emergence of technology such as text messaging and Internet dating effect romantic relationships in India?

From what I have seen it is having a rather big effect on the romantic life in India, but it is only a few people who have access to Internet and cell phones. It is usually only the top layer of the classes in the society who may be effected by this. For them the dating scene is much different now compared to the traditional Indian culture of marriage and relationships where it does not even exist. 

In the traditional way of relationships in India the marriage is arranged and the bride and groom do not even meet each other until the wedding day in many cases. The technology of Internet and cell phones opens up a way of communicating between people, which does not require the approval of the parents and it can be kept secret. The technology has started a way of dating that for us from the western world is normal and a part of everyday life for most of us. Here it is modern and accepted in a big city as Mumbai, but I do not know if it is in other parts of India. I believe it also depends on from what class you come from and how traditional the family is. It is not all accepted to show your love in public, still. Sometimes I have seen couples snuggling in cabs or hidden behind bushes by the beach in Bandra.

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