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Bye Bye Marriages?

A interesting look at the increasing divorce rate in India,

When SecondShaadi.com, an online matchmaking service for Indian divorcés, debuted last year, its executives assumed that most clients would come from big, cosmopolitan cities. Instead, in a reflection of how widespread divorce now is, 60 percent of its more than 25,000 customers came from outside India’s five largest cities and 36 percent from outside the 20 largest cities, according to data provided by the company’s founder, Vivek Pahwa

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Suhit Anantula
February 20th, 2008, 10:16 pm | #

Well, it may also explain that divorcees in big cities have the opportunity to find a partner easier than in smaller cities and towns and hence, the need to use online services.

This is something similar to what has happened to Rediff’s shopping portal.

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N.D.BHANDARKAR
February 22nd, 2008, 11:41 pm | #

N.D.BHANDARKAR
23\2\2008

Very intresting to note Divorce rate is low
in indian cities,city life is very fast no time to think about divorce ha ha!

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