Arranged Marriages in India
Peeyush Ranjan (an ex-colleague of Vanessa Fox) is amused that so many Indians settled in US visit India annually just for getting married:
most of the time marriages are arranged by their family in India, while they are here and there is not much face to face interaction with their future spouse.
..How can anyone go for a vacation and get married and return with a girl he has never met before. Link

Hmm… should not the second part “..How can anyone go for a vacation and get married and return with a girl he has never met before.” be in quotes… since I was really quoting someone else :)