To be more precise, it is, "Arranged-Marriage"......This word arguably troubled me most in my life.

Its the way of choosing the life partner on which fair number of people laugh at, and still has the much better success rate than its counterpart, love-marriage. But wait......success rate??????...Its in terms of people getting divorced out of their marriage. And what about the real success rate....happiness???? I mean, if a couple, which is married for 40 years and wasn't happy(overall) and on the other hand, there is one, which is married for 5 years and was happy for 4 years(overall again), which one's more successful???(It doesn't prove that love marriages are more successful as this success rate of arranged marriages can not be determined)

Arranged marriage- Things one take into the account before finalizing the life-partner; looks, education, family background(rich, poor; business class, service class; prestige in society). Now if you are science graduate and your potential partner is also science graduate, does it guarantee you the compatibility of thoughts??....I don't think so!!! But.......is it necessary to have compatibility of thoughts??? Cant you manage without this factor???(Plz. note that, I don't mean, you can manage with opposite thoughts; if they are not compatible, they need not be opposite)

Love........how can you spend your life with a person whom you don't love???? Well, if you are in love with someone, tell me, why you are???......I don't think you are totally compatible with that person. If you don't have someone, you know well, whom you can marry, then you are left with the choices between arranged marriage and no-marriage. If you chose the second option, then what about the company you need for socializing(if you need one); what about the body's sexual needs???(but marriage too satisfies this need "truly" only for short term)

So, Arranged marriage or No marriage???.......I tend to get my answer from the conditions I put in the brackets(in the very above paragraph), i.e. "no marriage"........And what about the gush of loneliness, which hits you occasionally, when you need someone(other than your parents and friends), for ex., to enjoy even a smallest of your achievements and some more times.

So, at the end of the day, answer remains elusive to me........what about you???