> “Even today, marriages in India are largely arranged by families, even though young men and women do increasingly have veto power, and follow rigid customs ab

> “Even today, marriages in India are largely arranged by families, even though young men and women do increasingly have veto power, and follow rigid customs about marrying within one’s own language, group, religion and caste,” Basu said. > Marriage is also nearly universal in India, Basu said; in NFHS data from 2015-16, only 1% of women aged 35-39 and 2% of men aged 40-44 had never been married. Furthermore, women are expected to marry men of higher socioeconomic status – or in a pinch, equal. Look at the rest of the world. This is an aberration. It's painfully obvious that there are men in India who do not want to get married who are getting married anyway. How could it possibly be a surprise to see fewer men getting married? That's the most obvious prediction I can think to make!