The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India
Mansi Choksi
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A thought-provoking and moving investigation into India as a society in transition through the lens of forbidden love, as three young couples reject arranged marriages and risk everything for true love amid social and political upheaval.
In India, two out of every three people are under the age of thirty-five. These are men and women who grew up with the internet and the advent of smartphones and social media. But when it comes to love and marriage, theyâre expected to adhere to thousands of years of tradition. Itâs that conflict between obeying convention and embracing modernity that drives journalist Mansi Choksiâs The Newlyweds.
In this âheart-wrenching and inspiring portrait of love under pressureâ (Publishers Weekly), Choksi shines a light on three young couples who buck against arranged marriages in the pursuit of true love, illustrating the challenges, shame, anger, triumph, and loss their actions set in play.
Against the backdrop of Indiaâs beautiful villages and cities, Choksi introduces our newlyweds. First, thereâs the lesbian couple forced to flee for a chance at a life together. Then thereâs the Hindu woman and Muslim man who escaped their families under the cover of night after being harassed by a violent militia group. Finally, thereâs the inter-caste couple who are doing everything to avoid the same fate as a similar couple who were burned alive.
âThe most nuanced, lyrical, and moving book about love and marriage in modern India yet writtenâ (Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City), The Newlyweds raises universal questions, such as: What are we really willing to risk for love? If weâre lucky enough to find it, does it change us? If so, for the better? Or for the worse?
In India, two out of every three people are under the age of thirty-five. These are men and women who grew up with the internet and the advent of smartphones and social media. But when it comes to love and marriage, theyâre expected to adhere to thousands of years of tradition. Itâs that conflict between obeying convention and embracing modernity that drives journalist Mansi Choksiâs The Newlyweds.
In this âheart-wrenching and inspiring portrait of love under pressureâ (Publishers Weekly), Choksi shines a light on three young couples who buck against arranged marriages in the pursuit of true love, illustrating the challenges, shame, anger, triumph, and loss their actions set in play.
Against the backdrop of Indiaâs beautiful villages and cities, Choksi introduces our newlyweds. First, thereâs the lesbian couple forced to flee for a chance at a life together. Then thereâs the Hindu woman and Muslim man who escaped their families under the cover of night after being harassed by a violent militia group. Finally, thereâs the inter-caste couple who are doing everything to avoid the same fate as a similar couple who were burned alive.
âThe most nuanced, lyrical, and moving book about love and marriage in modern India yet writtenâ (Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City), The Newlyweds raises universal questions, such as: What are we really willing to risk for love? If weâre lucky enough to find it, does it change us? If so, for the better? Or for the worse?
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Mansi Choksi is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and two-time Livingston Award Finalist. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Harperâs Magazine, National Geographic, The Atlantic, and more. She lives in Dubai with her husband and son. The Newlyweds is her first book. Follow her on Twitter @Mansi_Choksi.
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