You have perhaps not read my comments properly. Did I ever say that all love marriages are between Hindu girls and Muslim boys? When I gave those examples, I only meant that famous personalities who are known to everyone on this forum have had successful love marriages. What about Hindu Maharashtrians marrying Hindu Bengalis? Or Hindu Tamil Brahmins marrying Hindu Kshatriya Malayalis? Is that bad for India? There are plenty of interCASTE arranged as well as love marriages these days. Parents love us, no doubt, but they sometimes think of their standing in society and their dreams for their children more than what their children themselves want. Nowhere did I mean to demean parents. All I wanted to say that just as immature youngsters stupidly run away with someone totally unsuitable and make mistakes, parents may be mistaken, too. After all, we are all humans and make mistakes.