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| Paper Title: | Romantic Desires and Partner Selection: A Study of Young, Unmarried, Heterosexual Couples in Delhi |
| Authors Name: | Meghna Bohidar |
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| Published Paper Id: | IJRTI2508085 |
| Published In: | Volume 10 Issue 8, August-2025 |
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| Abstract: | This article examines how young, urban Indians select romantic partners amid the push and pull of modern desires and traditional norms. Drawing on a mixed-methods study of 40+ heterosexual participants in Delhi, the article combines ethnographic fieldwork with survey data to uncover how partner preferences reflect deeper class, caste, and gender expectations. While participants often rejected arranged marriage and claimed caste was unimportant, their partner preferences were coded in language signaling shared values, fluency in English, similar class backgrounds, and cultural compatibility. Most expressed a desire for monogamy and family approval, revealing that autonomy in dating coexists with the pursuit of social legitimacy. Emotional labor was unequally gendered, with women expected to maintain romantic rituals, while men often emphasized presence and support. Although romantic choice appears individualized, it remains tethered to larger social scripts of respectability, aspiration, and self-presentation. By analyzing how participants describe the “ideal partner,” this article shows that romance is not a space of full freedom, but a performance of modernity shaped by structural constraints. Partner selection becomes a cultural negotiation—where freedom is claimed, but only within the bounds of acceptability. |
| Keywords: | Partner selection, romance, desire, heterosexual couples, Delhi, matchmaking |
| Cite Article: | "Romantic Desires and Partner Selection: A Study of Young, Unmarried, Heterosexual Couples in Delhi", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no.a696-a699, August-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2508085.pdf |
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