(Published in Business World Online, retrieved from http://www.businessworld.in/news/books/authors-corner/the-book-validates-several-choices-i-made/1075721/page-1.html) Why this book? Why do you think a reader should pick up this book?  Well, this book looks at a very specific societal grid – urban, educated, modern women across the country, belonging…

(A shorter version of this interview was carried on Sify.com: http://www.sify.com/news/men-are-a-lot-worse-off-in-the-arranged-marriage-market-imagegallery-0-features-nj1hw7jihej.html) After so many conversations, what did you learn about the institution of arranged marriage? Essentially, that people care enough about the institution for me to make a profit from writing…

The following is the full text of an interview with Renu Dhole of Sakal Times. This originally appeared in the format in this picture. Scroll down for the text. What were you trying to achieve when you started out compiling…

(Reproduced from the website of The Wall Street Journal, http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/08/23/the-modern-woman-and-arranged-marriage/) When Nandini Krishnan started researching for her book about urban educated women who enter arranged marriages in India, she was surprised by two things: First, how many of these women there…

This is the full transcript of one of the interviews I most enjoyed doing, with Joanna Sugden of The Wall Street Journal. Do check out the relevant article here. The book looks great, and something that seems like quite an…

(Reproduced from http://www.womensweb.in/articles/nandini-krishnan-hitched-review/) Nandini Krishnan’s Hitched is an up-close and personal look at arranged marriages in the lives of today’s urban, educated, and progressive Indian women. By Sandhya Renukamba While reading Nandini Krishnan’s Hitched, I was reminded of the song ‘Matchmaker, Matchmaker’ from Fiddler On…