As one who also has had a great deal of exposure to Indian culture, i can say that in India, arranged marriages are the norm. Not all of them, howevever, work out. Along with the caste system, there is a set of rules concerning male and female roles, SPECIFICALLY in the poorer population. These too, however, can be overcome if the marriage is right, that is, if it follows their religious teachings.
There is also much abuse towards women in India, to the extent that some men (and their families) will marry only to obtain the brides dowery.....yes, that is ALSO an active tradition in India. At some point after the marriage, i regret to say this, women have been set on fire with the intention of them dying. Since wood stoves are still common in India, or dung stoves, and a woman's sari is so long and burns easily, it is too easily said that she simply got caught too close to the open flame.
While some of these men have been convicted and sent to prison, others do not, speacially if they are wealthy and their family can influence the court..something ELSE that is VERY common in India.
All this being said, I have been to India several times and find it to be a very interesting.