I stay in Australia. A lot of people have always asked about arranged marriages. They think that Indians who have an arranged marriage never see there would-be spouse before the wedding and both the girl's and the boy's parents make the decision. Though this does not happen nowadays ( the boy and the girl meet a couple of times, talk to each other about there likes , dislikes etc and then agree/disagree to get married).... most of the people think that arranged marriage is an attrocity for the youngters in India...I guess if it was an atrocity the divorce rate in India wouldn't be so low as compared most of these western countries.