Neeta Ji You did not understand me when I wrote "In typical arranged marriage, man has the choice not the woman." Or is it that you are living in denial? In a conservative kind of such marriages, a priest or a mediator brings the picture of girls to show them to the "to be groom" and his family. At leat this is what used to happen, right? And all the burden that bride's family used to carry from dowry to the entire arrangement of the ceremony and the effort to not displease anyone. That always had a lower-hand right? Why, because of male-dominant society. As the society starts to become more liberal to women (hopefully soon) arrange marriage starts to disappear. It is nice that arranged marriage has started to evolve to where it makes more sense to let two sides first meet and check the compalibility. I am so against this kind of marriage. So no I am not encouraging such amrriage if that's what you thought, Neeta.