February 16, 2007
Cell phones play cupid in modern India
According to an article in Daily India, "new research focusing on the very personal side of personal computing has revealed that technology workers in Bangalore use mobile phones to bridge cultural differences, and make way for arranged marriages.
"They also rely on the cell phones to maintain personal relationships, revealed the study conducted by doctoral student Carolyn Wei at the University of Washington's department of technical communication. "
The research was conducted in Bangalore last summer and it included 20 people, aged 18-30, who had been working for foreign corporations. Each of them had lived in the City for less than two years.
More than half the study participants worked the graveyard shift because they provided technical support for people working during the daytime in North America.
... Wei found that many study participants were involved in long-distance relationships with someone working or studying in another city. She also observed that the technology played a role in arranged marriages, something most of the participants considered as an option for finding a partner.
"The mobile phone makes it a little easier to facilitate an arranged marriage at a distance," Wei said."
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