The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India

"In Bollywood films, boy meets girl, they fall in love – and everyone dances in unison. In real life, more than 90% of Indian marriages are arranged by families. Caste and religion matter more than chemistry. This book is about the less than 10% who defy tradition and follow their hearts. Bookending The Newlyweds with her own parents’ story, Mansi Choksi braids the love stories of three couples who break boundaries of caste, religion and gender to be together. Choksi observes them like an anthropologist, documents their courtships like the investigative journalist she is – and writes like a poet. The result is a meditation on love, and what we sacrifice for it."