marriages to marriage for love in India is akin to the evolutionary theory that leaves both apes and humans coexisting on the planet. Blank (309) documents Hindus that believe that arranged marriages are the only kind that last, pointing to Rama and Sita as the perfect couple. At the same time, however, he interviews Hindus that found their spouses through matchmakers, noting that the classifieds are full of willing participants who include information about their job, their caste, and their ancestral religion, and only occasionally include a photo (Blank 308). Citing Mr. Menon, one of those he interviewed, Blank (309) reports Menon's opinion that "...love develops quietly, over many years of married life" and his disdain for "puppy love," which he compares to the uncontrollable bursting out of weeds. Only arranged marriages, he believes, are stable, and the statistics support
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