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Marriage works: A simple guide to a lifetime of bliss

It's the rave debate - if love is overrated. If it really exists. Even take it a step further, and ask if marriage is worth it. One cannot really blame the skeptics because, every single day, there is a sad or tragic story about marriage. What they do not do, however, is tell you that there are equally sad and tragic stories about people not in marriage, but they are not sensational enough to tell.

Whatever is happening in our society has nothing to do with marriage, but everything to do with a sickly society that needs urgent attention. In the spirit of 'sometimes marriage works', I shall narrate a village love story.

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