Lover’s Lament: Why’s India So Mean To Me?

Indians in their 80s grew up without phones, piped water, sliced bread, and with a female literacy rate under 10%. Now, Indian women in their 20s have a literacy rate of 96% – this metric marks the greatest transformation India has seen since Independence. Others include couples now celebrating Valentine’s Day. Yet, the rate of ‘love marriage’ remains old-school. Over 90% of 20-somethings, like over 90% of 80-somethings, are in ‘arranged’ marriages.