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...original version of this story incorrectly stated Indra Nath Mukherji's institution as the Centre for Policy Research in Delhi, not Jawaharlal Nehru University...
...character. And given the anonymity that the Internet enables, concerned families are forced to turn to a living, breathing version of Google: "The detective business is growing at 200% to 250% a year," says Kunwar Vikram Singh, head of the Association of Private Detectives of India and owner of Delhi's award-winning detective agency Lancers Network Ltd. "And a sizeable portion of it is premarital verification...
...surveys attesting to loosening sexual strictures among the swelling middle class, but scratch beneath the surface of liberated young India and you will often find the same old social conservatism - especially when it comes to marriage. "The thrust remains on preserving family and social stability and cohesion," says Delhi-based sociologist Patricia Oberoi. "Most youngsters are still committed to maintaining their social position through marriage... studies show that as many as 80% youngsters opine arranged marriages are best...
...With reporting by Laura Blue/London and Simon Robinson/New Delhi...
...Each branch of Democrats Abroad made its own unique voting arrangements. In Vienna, which was celebrating its annual Fasching carnival with traditional masked revelries, an "Abraham Lincoln" voted alongside a "Hillary Clinton" and a cowgirl. Voters in New Delhi were given donkey-shaped cookies. London, home to 200,000 Americans, staged the most ambitious event - a Feb. 5 primary with caucus-like elements such as a public show of support for the two candidates...