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Falling: Love and Marriage in a Conservative Indian Family

Debie Thomas | River Teeth | August 1, 2013 | 4,194 words

A new Longreads Exclusive from River Teeth: Debie Thomas shares her story about growing up in a conservative Indian family and reconciling the idea of arranged marriages with the Western world’s version of falling in love.

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Falling: Love and Marriage in a Conservative Indian Family

“Indians don’t ‘fall,’ Debie. We don’t marry by accident. We choose.”
Illustration by Laura McCabe

Debie Thomas | River Teeth | Summer 2013 | 17 minutes (4,194 words)

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