Looking for Mr. Right
Most single people in every society around the world have one thing in common. We are all looking for a partner that we can marry. Every society has its method on how we choose a spouse. The Indians have arranged marriages, the Chinese have online dating websites, and the Americans have social gatherings. All of the methods are different but do we find the the perfect partner?
While on a field trip, Serena Nanda, met many young singles that was in the process of being arranged for marriage. She couldn’t understand, why these young men and women weren’t reluctant and against the idea of them being married off to a complete stranger that their parents picked. In America we are not used to the term arranged marriage. In an American society, we marry someone we choose, are attracted, and love.Whereas in china they have online dating where they choose from many profiles online and chat through emails which then leads to meeting in person and finally getting married.
In Indian culture arranged marriages have been the norm for many centuries and almost all marriages are arranged. Serena Nanda, met this young intelligent college graduate name Sita. She had been waiting close to over a year for her parents to pick someone whom she would marry. Sita believed, marriage is so important that it should not be left to them, inexperienced people, to choose. It's so important that she left it in the hands of her parents. While, Americans would say, “we who are getting married would know best.” Since we are going to be spending the rest of our life we should know whom we would get along with or whom we love. In contrast, Gong Haiyan is a college educated chinese women, who does not have the luxury of having a option between arranged marriage or of choosing for herself. If it was up to her parent to pick a partner for her they would be able to find someone whom she would be interested . And if it was up to her to find someone. She didn’t have time and like she said, “I didn’t know
While on a field trip, Serena Nanda, met many young singles that was in the process of being arranged for marriage. She couldn’t understand, why these young men and women weren’t reluctant and against the idea of them being married off to a complete stranger that their parents picked. In America we are not used to the term arranged marriage. In an American society, we marry someone we choose, are attracted, and love.Whereas in china they have online dating where they choose from many profiles online and chat through emails which then leads to meeting in person and finally getting married.
In Indian culture arranged marriages have been the norm for many centuries and almost all marriages are arranged. Serena Nanda, met this young intelligent college graduate name Sita. She had been waiting close to over a year for her parents to pick someone whom she would marry. Sita believed, marriage is so important that it should not be left to them, inexperienced people, to choose. It's so important that she left it in the hands of her parents. While, Americans would say, “we who are getting married would know best.” Since we are going to be spending the rest of our life we should know whom we would get along with or whom we love. In contrast, Gong Haiyan is a college educated chinese women, who does not have the luxury of having a option between arranged marriage or of choosing for herself. If it was up to her parent to pick a partner for her they would be able to find someone whom she would be interested . And if it was up to her to find someone. She didn’t have time and like she said, “I didn’t know