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Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking: What young South Asian Australians have to say about arranged marriages – ABC News
From accepting the process to feeling torn about cultural expectation — here’s what young South Asian Australians told ABC Life about the realities of arranged marriages.
When Manimekalai*, a 31-year-old Indian Australian, was choosing a husband through the traditional arranged marriage process, the main thing on her mind was not personality, looks or career.
She was focused on not upsetting her parents.
“[My dad] came to me with a proposal and he said, ‘This is the best I can do for you.’ I got the sense that for him, it was the most important job in his life to make sure there was someone to look after me when he died.”
Now six years later, Manimekalai is di…
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