I M Happy With An Arranged Marriage By Gitangeli Sapra

I chose to write a response about the essay “I’m Happy with an Arranged Marriage,” by Gitangeli Sapra. In this short essay the author, a British born Hindu, aims to tell the reader more about arranged marriages from her point of view. Sapra writes about how while marriages like this are often seen as oppressive or old-fashioned, they do have certain upsides and in some ways could actually be seen as favorable to typical Western marriages. For example, she also gives us a fact that I hadn’t expected; compared to traditional marriages, a lower percentage of arranged marriages end in divorce.
This essay was very informative for me, which I liked. I feel that it helped me as a reader to understand more about a different culture. I learned more