“Exercise autonomy!”: Indian American urges community to rethink arranged marriage

The policy analyst also called for moving away from an anti-dating outlook and fostering environments where dating is socially acceptable.

Neeraja Deshpande / Courtesy: X/@neerajadeshp

Indian-American policy analyst Neeraja Deshpande has sparked debate within the diaspora by questioning what she calls a growing reliance on arranged marriages.

Urging young Indian Americans to exercise greater personal autonomy in relationships, she emphasized the importance of independent dating and self-discovery before turning to parental matchmaking.

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“I'm not opposed to arranged marriage at all,” Deshpande, a policy analyst at Independent Women focusing on education and gender issues, clarified in her post on X.

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