By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN
New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Caste and religion are potential headings on matrimonial columns of Sunday newspapers. At times, matchmaking classifieds profile mystical birth-chart defects of the candidates.
In India, marriages are solemnized as a well-guarded union.
But the country has now moved to at least unshackle divorce.
Officials Friday announced measures to stem delays in seeking an early end to failed alliances.
India's federal cabinet approved "irretrievable breakdown of marriage" as a ground for couples to part ways, information and broadcasting minister Ambika Soni told reporters.
Under original Hindu marriage laws, both estranged partners have to appear at court proceedings for settlement of their lawsuit for divorce by consent.
