Flirting by Text Message, Indians Test Social Limits

Text messages have become an integral part of courtships in many countries. But SMS is proving particularly revolutionary in India, where it is paving a way for the young to maneuver around deep-rooted barriers to premarital mingling.

... Because many young Indians will marry only someone their parents approve of, and in some cases choose, much of this text messaging is recreational.

[via The New York Times]

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