Failure of Arranged Marriage

One reason why a lot of arranged marriages fail is the non-disclosure of important facts before the marriage. Even in the newly liberalized India, most marriage tend to be arranged by families, either through a marriage broke, a newspaper classified advertisement, a web-based marriage portal or the long-established oral tradition: word-of –mouth. One would therefore expect that the rigorous screening process that takes place would result, particularly endorsed by the family astrologer, in a reasonably compatible couple who have all the potential ingredients for a long and satisfying marriage. However, as any family court regular will tell you, the number of arranged marriages that break down with two to three months of the wedding is alarming on the increase. The reason for these are many and include sexual as well as, emotional adjustment issues, but one reason that keeps cropping up with astonishing regularity is, I feel, an eminently preventable problem: premarital non-disclosure.