CWG : Common(man's) Wealth Games

Dark Clouds loom large over the Common Wealth Games : Commented in the purview of the latest finding of the misappropriation of funds. Actual site photograph by Ananya Sri.

Interfaith Marriages Stir Conflicting Feelings

After reading 'Two States' by Chetan Bhagat, I thought, "Oh, this happens only in India!” But I was wrong, everywhere around the world Intercaste marriages stir up the much unneeded drama, as they do in India. Take for example; the Chelsea-Marc Mezvinsky wedding fanfare. The larger than life wedding with a top-secret menu detail, a grand itinerary and a very private guest list has captured the prime time on BBC. From the bride’s dress to the groom’s prayer cap, from the weight loss of the Father-of-the-bride to the Obama’s response to the no-invitation for the wedding, everything has been discussed, showcased and inked. But, today as I was browsing through the NewYork Times, the following article caught my attention.
“Interfaith Marriages Stir Conflicting Feelings”
The journalist (pretty much against the tide of the general reporting of scoop) has talked about the marriage in context to 'Religions'. The main focus of the article is ‘Jew weds Christian’. He has pointed out the increasing number of interfaith marriages in USA stating that before 70’s only 14 % Jews married outside their caste and today the figures have inflated to 47%. This increase is huge as the total percentage of Jews in USA is only 2%.

Amongst all these numbers, I realized that people irrespective of nationalities pay a lot of heed to such issues.
To conclude, Marriages in their innate nature are Controversial.... Be it, anywhere! :P


For all the 'byte-seekers' - the NY times article is attached below :
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/us/04interfaith.html