Aparna, a software engineer in Bangalore, comes home to find her mother has sent a FedEx package. Inside is not a gadget, but a jar of home-made mango pickle and frozen theplas . Why? Because in an Indian family, food equals emotional expression. "Have you eaten?" is the standard greeting, not "How are you?"
No article on Indian family lifestyle is complete without the wedding season. Currently, the "arranged marriage" has evolved into an "arranged introduction." Matrimonial apps have replaced the village matchmaker, but the family veto still stands.
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