Hindu wives fast for their husbands on Karva Chauth. Would you quit food for a day for your man?
A North-Indian festival, Karva Chauth is where thousands of married Hindu women fast all day in hopes of increasing their husband's life span. According to a blog published on the festival in the Wall Street Journal, wives dress up in colorful clothes with matching bangles and jewelry, sport henna on their hands," and fast until they see their husband in the flesh or photo form.
Rihanna dishes on Katy Perry and "groomzilla" Russell Brand's wedding plans.
It seems that India holds a special place in the hearts of lovebirds Katy Perry and Russell Brand. Not only did the British comedian pop the question to his singer fiancée in India, but the two will get married there later this year as well, revealed their close friend and Katy's BFF, Rihanna.
Cricket stud Shoaib Malik wants to marry tennis star Sania Mirza, but there's a hitch.
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik has a hurdle before he can marry Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza: the law. Shoaib Malik claims a previous marriage never happened, but his alleged wife claims otherwise. So, hash must be settled before the new couple can be married.
The iconic Indian's messages about non-violence and forgiveness serve as good love advice.
In honor of the 140th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth, we've culled together 4 ways to practice, in your love life, what he preached throughout his life. As Indians take a national holiday to celebrate the anniversary of the politician and spiritual leader's birth, we examine several quotes for which he's best known. Turns out, they serve as good relationship advice, too.
A bad breakup led Franz Wisner on a journey to explore love, in its many forms, around the world.
New York Times bestselling author of Honeymoon With My Brother shares love lessons from around the world. After being left at the altar, Franz Wisner decided to go on his honeymoon—with his brother. The journey didn't stop there. The pair traveled to seven more countries, along the way learning about love and relationships around the world. Wisner's voyage led him to not only recover from his breakup, but to find a new love. Watch to learn more about his story.
Could television be the great third-world prophylactic savior?
This year to mark World Population Day, the Indian Minister of Health and Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad, made an interesting comment regarding population control in the subcontinent. To paraphrase, he thought that if they could get electricity to the villages that locals may be too tired to baby-make thus reducing overcrowding. Not everyone thought it was brilliant.
In Mumbai, India some women and men are dating, working and waiting to marry for love.
Liz Tuccillo, Sex and the City writer and co-author of He's Just Not That Into You, discovers that some women and men are opting out of arranged marriage and working, dating and holding out for love. They tell Liz, "We've met the cautionary tales, and they're married."
In Indian arranged marriages you wed first and grow to love your spouse second.
Liz Tuccillo, writer for Sex and the City and co-author of He's Just Not That Into You, asks why is the divorce rate so low in India? She finds out that Indians are taught that happiness is a state of mind. And if you've had an arranged marriage you wed first, and learn to love your husband over time, as you get to know him.
