By Subrata Mukherjee Marriage is a puzzle and the more careful you are in calculating the risks and gains of your matrimony, chances are more that you emerge as the winner. It is true that technology has brought in a new twist to arranged marriages. Now it is the era of internet ads, emails , chatting and instant messaging. The world has now become a smaller place. An eligible bachelor from Calcutta can now correspond with a belle from New Orleans, and propose to her.
Times have changes and so have our courtship practices.
In earlier days, arranged marriages were totally fixed by parents, relatives and elder well-wishers. It was so insane that sometimes the girl and the boy did not even meet up. The best they could aim for was a photographs and some basic facts about her. So everyone had to prepare for a life of uncertainty, bewilderness and anxiety. Gone are those days.