The fact that we have ‘arranged’ marriages in India is primarily because of the fear of Dalit Love, which has the ability to inject the ideals of justice, compassion, forgiveness and the cultivation of humanness into closed orthodox minds; hence, it is banished by the prejudiced society. Through arranged marriages, the entire caste society is dispossessed of the unique ability to give and receive love. A kind of love that is not material, temporal or vulgar, but one that is earthly, grounded and dialogical with mutual communication, and one that speaks of possibilities and hope. The potential
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