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Sukh Takhar and his wife, Swarnjeet Sidhu, sit together on a black leather couch in their Hamilton home. They smile, joke and touch as they tell their story of marriage and love. "We clicked really quickly," says Sukh. "After we met, I was so impressed by Sukh," says Swarnjeet, her face...

An un-named Singh who ventured to North America in the l9th Century to make his future in the lumber industry wrote home to his friends. He remarked, One thing is better here than in India. In America they marry for love. But not everyone agrees that a love-marriage is better. Today Sikhs...

A Marriage Arranged (By Us) by ZOSIA BIELSKI As Pamela Kaur scrolled through the marital prospects, a faceless man named Amar Singh Bhavra stood out. He had no photo up, but reminded her of her little brother - a middle child reared by his mother and two sisters...

source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/05/03/arranged-marriages.html May 3, 2010 Arranged marriages risk immigration scrutiny By CBC News CBC News Proposed changes to Canada's immigration laws have some Canadians with roots in South Asia worried that arranged marriages...

I have decided I would prefer to have an arranged marriage. Unless I just happen to meet a devout Sikh girl who likes me and get her parents approval, which is kind of unlikely. Arranged marriage just makes more sense to me, but the problem is that I sort of doubt my American Christian parents...

Arranged Marriages? Caveat Emptor! by RAVEENA AULAKH Flipping through her wedding album, a 30-page collection of glossy photos with sugary captions such as "Perfect Match," Sandeep grimaces as she recalls her wedding last year to a young man from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. There was no...

Arranged marriage has been a part of life for Sikhs in Edinburgh since the community arrived in the city in the 1950's. But a rise in the number of traditional arranged marriages has led to calls for emergency action from community leaders and parents alike. Edinburgh has a Sikh community of...

City City Bang Bang March 21st, 2009 by Santosh Desai Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com Why does the institution of the arranged marriage survive in India in...

Survey Says Majority of Young Women Prefer Arranged Marriage | SikhNet Survey Says Majority of Young Women Prefer Arranged Marriage March 21st, 2009 Majority of young women in India country prefer arranged marriages with parents' consent while only less than one fourth opts for the "love"...

Forty-five individuals (22 couples and 1 widowed person) living in arranged marriages in India completed questionnaires measuring marital satisfaction and wellness. The data were compared with existing data on individuals in the United States living in marriages of choice...

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb05/301573.asp Arranged quite nicely Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - 7 hours ago ... It was Oct. 26, 2002, when Singh met Kaur in Milwaukee. Like him, she was a Sikh and from the northern Indian state of Punjab. She ...