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Sona Avagyan

Armenian Theologist, Indian Businessman, Cross Paths on Social Networking Site: Cooperation, Culture Jolt & Marriage Follow

Indians say that whenever foreigners come to India, they experience two shocks.

First is the cultural shock, because India is completely chaotic, and you need to realize yourself by your own definition in that ocean. But once foreigners start living in India and explore it, they are completely subsumed in the country. The second shock is when they have to return to their countries, but don’t want to, even if they don’t know the reason why they have become so attached to India.

But Armenian theologist Ruzanna Ashughyan had different feelings when leaving India in 2011 after having studied in Delhi for 2 months, because she knew she would return for permanent residence.

In 2012, Yerevan-based Ruzanna Ashughyan married Delhi-based Indian businessmen Rananjay Anand. After studying German at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, he went on to complete his MBA. They had had a chance meeting back in 2009 on a social networking website.

Rananjay, like many other Indians, had never heard about Armenia. He even thought Armenia might be a city in another country. Ruzanna, like many other Armenians, was not knowledgeable about modern-day India. Rananjay was amazed when Ruzanna asked him if people were very poor in India.

“So we started discussing each other’s country, people, philosophy, culture, religion, everything, because it was all new to us. During that time we came to know that there was a very special relationship between India and Armenia which lost its former brilliance in the course of time,” Rananjay says.

When Rananjay Anand came to Armenia for the first time in 2011, he and Ruzanna Ashughyan had already decided to get married.

Rananjay will never forget hospitality of old man at Geghard

Rananjay says that whatever he was trying to do in Armenia, people responded positively. He pleasantly recalls an incident that happened when they were having a picnic at Geghard Monastery. An old man was crossing the river carrying 10-12 bottles of water. Rananjay held some bottles to help him. When Rananjay gave all the bottles back, the old man gave one to Rananjay and said: “Please leave it, this is a sunny day and you may feel thirsty later. You are our guest and we would love to see you well.”

“I cannot forget this my lifetime and I am deeply in love with Armenia. That gave me a great impression of a counrty and I always tell this story to my friends in India, about the great hospitality and people we have in Armenia,” Rananjay says.

As for Ruzanna, when she first went to India she was surprised seeing so much diversity, so much population. On the other hand, she was surprised at seeing so much development in the country she thought to be under-developed.

India is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing economies. At the same time, India is a country of coexistence and paradox. In Rananjay’s words, you have very posh buildings and five star hotels in India, but poverty is a stone’s throw away. You have very well organized infrastructure in India, where the rich and poor walk side by side.

“In India you can find everything. We went to Kashmir in June. Kashmir is in Himalayan Mountains. When I was in the forested mountains, I felt as if I was in Dilijan or Ijevan. Later on, I visited the south. And that was totally different experience. I was amazed that this is the same India,” Ruzanna Ashughyan Anand says.

Rananjay also cannot say that he knows the whole of India. “It’s a huge country. India is an ocean and living in India is like living in an ocean. An entire life is not enough to explore India,” he says. Whenever Rananjay Anand is in Armenia he tries to explore Armenia as well. He has been to Khor Virap, Garni, Etchmiadzin and Tsakhkadzor. Now, he and Ruzanna plan to visit Dilijan, Ijevan and Artsakh.

Rananjay plans to learn Armenian completely and Ruzanna plans to learn Hindi completely

The couple has been living in Delhi for eight months now. They celebrated New Years in Armenia. At their wedding in Yerevan last year, the entire tiny Indian community of Armenia was present. Achal Kumar Malhotra, then the Ambassador of India to Armenia, and his wife gladly agreed to step in to take the place of Rananjay’s parents. Given the short notice, no one from Rananjay’s family managed to come to Yerevan for the wedding.

When asked about what they do to benefit from their different national identities, cultures and lifestyles, rather than letting them hinder their life, Rananjay responds that it’s all about giving space and respect to each other.

“Marriage is something that is dependent not only upon culture. Any marriage can be successful or unsuccessful anywhere in the world, whether it is an Indian or an Armenian marriage. Once you understand each other, it’s not a problem. We always share our difficulties and challenges,” Rananjay says. Ruzanna adds that without the support of one’s partner, it’s near impossible to survive when faced with a new set of circumstances outside one’s native country.

Rananjay's parents live in Bihar state, quite a distance from Delhi. Whenever “Diwali” and “Chhath” are celebrated, Rananjay and Ruzanna visit his parents. “Diwali”, the festival of lights, is celebrated six days before “Chhath”, the worship of the sun, the main and most sacred festival in Bihar. There is a tradition in India to celebrate these festivals with families.

“Chhath" festival
“Diwali” festival, photos from wikipedia.org

Rananjay and Ruzanna generally speak English to each other and sometimes Hindi, the official language of India. After settling in India, she started learning Hindi, because Rananjay’s family always ask Ruzanna to communicate with them in their mother language. In turn, Rananjay is learning Armenian because Ruzanna’s family wants to communicate with Rananjay without a translator.

“Our plan is that I will learn Armenian completely and she will learn Hindi completely because this is the main communication hardship between our families,” Rananjay Anand says.

Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO, founded by Rananjay and Ruzanna, operates both in Armenia and India

In 2009, after getting acquainted with Ruzanna, Rananjay started the India-Armenia Friendship Group on Facebook to promote mutual awareness of each. The Facebook group now has approximately 2,000 members from Armenia and India, as well as some from other countries who just want to know more about Armenia and India.

In 2011, Rananjay and Ruzanna founded the Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO (IAF) and registered it in Armenia. The NGO’s core team is up of twenty people who carry out the group’s projects. From the very start, then Ambassador of India Achal Kumar Malhotra helped IAF with his advice and encouragement.

Ruzanna Ashughyan Anand says that the number of Armenians now living in Calcutta has dwindled to a handful from centuries past. In Calcutta Armenian life revolves around the Armenian Church. But in Delhi one can meet students and tourists from Armenia, as well as newly established Indo-Armenian families in which the wives are mainly Armenian. The IAF tries to facilitate connections amongst the Armenians of India. In 2011, the NGO celebrated Armenia’s Independence Day in India on a small scale.

The Indian community in Armenia is also very small, consisting of mainly students  at Yerevan State Medical University, Indian Embassy employees, and a tiny business comminity. IAF is in close communication with the Indian students of medical university and alumni who have returned to Delhi. The Indian students in Armenia celebrate “Diwali” every year. In November 2010 they celebrated “Diwali” with the support of the India-Armenia Friendship Facebook Group. Rananjay hopes that if everything goes well, “Diwali” in Yerevan will be celebrated not only mainly among Indian students, but that more Armenians could come and enjoy the festival.

At India’s top institution, Jawaharlal Nehru University International Food Festival is organized every year on Republic Day of India. It is the responsibility of the students from a particular country to come together, prepare food representing their country and sell it at their stall. Three students from Armenia study at Jawaharlal Nehru University. In 2011, they organized Armenian Food Taste, displaying lavash, tolma and matsnabrdosh. Rananjay says they supported the effort to make people more aware that there is an Armenian stall. In his words, all the Armenia food was sold.

In January 2012 the group photo exhibition “India through the Armenian Lens” dedicated to the 63th anniversary of the Republic Day of India was organized in Yerevan. Rananjay organized the exhibition from India and Ruzanna organized it in Armenia with the support of the Embassy of India. At the opening ceremony, the Indian students performed the Indian national dance “Bharatanatyam.”

More than 50 photos were exhibited. They were taken by Armenians who had visited the new India and just clicked away with their cameras; they were far from professional photographers. Two photos taken by Liz Chater, a UK-based family history researcher specializing in Armenians in India and an India-Armenia Friendship Facebook group member, were also exhibited. Initially the exhibition was to last three days, but people responded so warmly that IAF extended it to ten days.

Holy Virgin Mary Armenian Church, Saidabad Edward the VII Arch, Calcutta, “India through the Armenian Lens” exhibition, photos by Liz Chater

The IAF’s last program was in Delhi in December 2012, when the NGO organized an interactive session between Dr. T. Suresh Babu, the newly appointed Ambassador of India to Armenia, and members of the IAF. Former Ambassador Malhotra was also invited. The newly appointed ambassador has yet to arrive in Armenia.

The IAF wants to take cultural troupes from Armenia to India in order to organize Armenian cultural events there. The most challenging thing for the NGO is to fund these programs. So far IAF has been funding these programs itself, with the support of the Embassy of India in Armenia.

“We just want the two countries to come closer together, to the extent possible. Once we succeed, it will change many things. We’re not so big an organization that we can do it all on our own. Without the support of others and our governments, we cannot realize our vision. But we should always try instead of sitting back and doing nothing,” Rananjay and Ruzanna say.

In Rananjay’s words, person to person contact has been the biggest achievement of IAF since its establishment. He is sure that connecting people and educating them about each other’s countries, even at a very basic level, is very important work.

Comments (28)

Akshat
Indians Armenians do have common ancestors. Soo indians will realize that and will not them be alone
Vahan Armenia
Smartest thing to do not to marry at all :)
sino
well,I plan to work and live in aremania, I need some some links of Indian in Armenia.pls help me.
Ravi Ranjan
I express personal my solidarity, solidarity of my Organization ‘Live Values Foundation’ and my fellow Indian Citizen with Armenians. Kindly let Armenians know our feelings about ‘GENOCIDE OF ARMENIA’ We believe all those who deny the truth, support the lies. It is not only the aggressor but also ‘The Indifferentists’ who let it happen are responsible. Genocide is the reflection of ugliest and filthiest Sadistic mindset and the denial its extension. Now 99 years after, the massacre began and assumingly ended with the presumed turning point of history, we cannot undo it, but by condemning, making people aware of it, we may be able to prevent the future massacres. The One and a Half million Noble Souls are Victims of ‘GENOCIDE AGAINST HUMANITY’. The Armenians who were starved, tortured, and Slaughtered by barbarians in fact saved others, by lasting out energy and blows of aggressor. Whole Human Race including Citizens, Government of Bharat (India) must loudly, clearly and unequivocally acknowledge it and declare a Sadist, Racist Jihadist and Premeditated MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS as ‘GENOCIDE AGAINST HUMANITY’ We started it with planting ‘Remembrance Tree’, observing ‘Two Minutes Silence’ and prayer on 24th April 2014, at 1. Gurdaspur/Amritsar Punjab, India. 2. Gurudwara(Sikh Temple) in Kothara, Naliya, District Kutch, Gujarat, India by President Gorprit Singh, other members of Kutch Unit of Gujarat Chapter of LIVE VALUES FOUNDATION and Hindus/Sikhs of the area. From 25th April 2014 to 24th April 2015 we intend to plant 100 trees and hold 100 prayer meetings. Hence, a Peepal tree was planted by, executives of National Committee, New Delhi unit, Delhi unit and of Haryana Chapter at Rajiv Gandhi Samriti Van(Memory Forest)near Veer Hakikat Rai Bus Terminal, Sarai Kale khan, Ring Road, New Delhi Leading Lawyers from Supreme Court of India, retired Bureaucrats, and priests. Discontented Pakistani intellectuals and I attended the function. . Hindu (Sanatan Dharam), Sikh and Christian prayers were held. Apart from plantation and prayers, we shall carry on information dissemination programs by touring and delivering speeches in schools, colleges and universities. Holding Seminars with Supreme Court, High Courts and others Courts to make them aware. Raising this issue, before sitting and former Parliamentarians, State Legislators and large and small Political parties to get it declared as Genocide against Humanity. Present this issue before Parliament and President of India, file petitions for it. Regards, Sardar, RAVI RANJAN SINGH President LIVE VALUES FOUNDATION Cell: 78388 80446 e-mail: [email protected]
Anna
I am Armenian -American and I married a wonderful man who is Indian-American. My husband and I will have a strong marriage because we share the same values. The values we share come from our culture. Being the same race won't make us a happy couple or happy family. Some wonder what it will be like for our children. Too many think you have to pick and choose. Not enough understand that you can have the best of both worlds. Growing up in the US, I've had the honor to experience, learn, and grow from other cultures and races. It's one if he reasons I am proud to call myself American (an addition to the melting pot) as well as be Armenian and promote the culture! Our children will be knowledgable of many races and reflect the cultural differences. Ultimately we need to remember and accept the we are not just apart of one race. We are, I am, apart of the HUMAN race. The happy couple in the article promotes love for all colors, shapes, and sizes. Thank you for your strength, courage, and perseverance to the dear couple.
Jayanraj
I have a friend in Armenia and her boyfriend was an Indian studying in Yerevan. I heard many such examples. As a tourist I have travellerd extensively in Armenia. Small but colourful country, very safe too. Great cultures and stunning churches. Armenian girls are one of the most beautiful in world. And they can be very nice too. People outside Yerevan are very friendly. Also not so expensive country. Unfortunately I have no time window to visit Armenia again.
kedar
Now that's what I call a lady, hope to find someone as nice as her for myself,race,religion or looks does not matter.
kramesh
i love aremian people soft and kind
Virgil Neol
In Armenia, People Celebrate Women's day Life a big Festival and they show themselves that they really respect wormen. But after Marriage, they will treat them as servant or machine to produce babies. So, i think they have right to expect the respect from somewhere out of Armenia. And Rananjay and His Wife... they are good Couple.... May God bless them and give them long life.... And If any one is an Indian and against this couple, thn shut your mouth and sit quietly. Because Sonia Gandhi is not an India but still Running Whole Country.... And yea, Rananjay is Good Guy, But i hate it when he start comparing India and Armenia.... Because, as i know so far, there is no comparison ....
Long Live Armenia-India Friendship
The Indian point of view International marriages are also not a norm in India. By marrying a person from another country Mr Rananjay has shown a lot of bravery and his belief in humanity despite of all this farce called Race. If someone thinks race is truly a scientific thing then you are proving what Nazis did was right too. Take a look at any Human Genome Mapping study, one will realize that we are all the same under the skin, whether one is Indian, American or Mongolian. Armeniana shares a long history of friendship with India. This marriage is just another good point of this long friendship. In India, they say 'World is Our Home''[ Vasudeva Kutumbakam]
Monte
Kevin well said brother, there is not much you can say to these soulless individuals. They have no principals, sorputcun, or the ability to think out of the box. What’s most amazing is that we Kevin are the so called not progressive thinkers and backwards in their eyes, while these individuals think they are in a higher place and know better etc. If society was made with only such individuals I am convinced Armenia would not exist because these individuals only care about their own wellbeing and so called happiness and for that they will sacrifice thousands of years of our peoples struggle, preservation and vision. Give these guys enough money, a promise of a so called good life and wink and they would be willing to throw everything in the trash in the pursuit of blue clouds. Look at all of our national heroes and significant Armenian figures and tell me if they were more like and thought like X and Y or more like Kevin and me. .
Hasmik
proud of boys like you Kar jan. i appreciate your way of thinking. :)
Monte
Karen speak for yourself. I actually have done a lot for Armenia but I don't feel like or have the need to advertise my many deeds in front of you all. Second, I grew up in LA but currently live both in LA and Armenia thanks to my strong will and hard work . And the whole thing about how this is happened in history is completely ankap doesn't make anything better or justify anything. In our history there has been many traders so since it has happened before is it okay for it to happen again. Where are these great interracial offspring now? Are they Armenian? Do they care? And if love has no boundaries would you like to see your daughters and love ones marry odars even Azeris? Get over your dream world where we all can do as we like, if that was the case Armenia would not be around. Sacrifices are needed if you want a strong statehood and there is no shortage of great Armenian man and woman one can find love in. Yes bringing the two cultures together is great but as far as that creating any tangible benefits for Armenia is silly to say the least.
Hasmik
first learn to be polite and not talk bulshit, then only will think it worths to pay attention to your words or not even to notice. anyway why do we wonder?! Armenian men dont have even an elementary respect towards foreigners,who just come to visit and see our country.If seeing them in street,they can let themselves to speak out any nonsense coming in their mind, they will certainly talk bad about such couples. I said mine, bye!
Hasmik
i like this couple very much, and no one has a right to judg anyone,,,,... if we start talking about armenian men's relationships with russian women and their illegal children, and many more, we will have a very long conversation...so look yourself first before talking bad of others.!
Haroot
Why are we debating this topic? Please let the couple be. No one has the right to say what is right or wrong. Marrying outside one's circle has never been accepted whole heartedly by both sections. Yes, as Armenian or Indian it is good to marry within one's community but if one falls in love with the Odar so be it…love has no boundary but yes don't just go for the sake of anything else fame, money or just plain naive ness or somehow liking other culture… etc. In conclusion it is always good to see Armenian marrying and Armenian or Indian Marrying and India.
John
In the diaspora today at least HALF the marriages are with non-Armenians. It is not promoted, no, but it happens. Yes, if you don't like this reality, try and change it. Good luck. By the way, the first periodical in Armenian was created in India. Read your history.
Kevin
Monte, they don't like questions that make sense. They are scared to answer you, that's how it is with short-sighted people in denial who wear mule-blockers in their every-day lives. I made posts that they refuse to publish as well. Go figure.
Սոնա Ավագյան
Kevin, Հայերի մայրենի և Հայաստանի Հանրապետության պետական լեզուն հայերենն է: Ուստի ինձ անբնական և անտրամաբանական է թվում, որ դուք ձեր մեկնաբանությունը գրել են օտար լեզվով, տվյալ դեպքում՝ անգլերեն: Նույն կերպ անբնական ու անտրամաբանական է, թե ինչու եք «աստվածաբան» բառը չակերտի մեջ գրել: Չակերտ դրվում է այն դեպքում, երբ նպատակ կա բառին հաղորդել հակառակ իմաստ: Տվյալ դեպքում Ռուզաննա Աշուղյանը ստացել է բարձրագույն կրթություն աստվածաբանության ոլորտում և մասնագիտությամբ աստվածաբան է, հետևաբար չակերտն ավելորդ է: Փաստորեն, ոչ միայն հայերենի, այլև անգլերենի բնագավառում խնդիր ունեք: Իսկ որտեղի՞ց եք գրել ձեր օտարալեզու մեկնաբանությունը՝ Հայաստանի՞ց, թե շատ հեռու ինչ-որ մի երկրից, որտեղ և բնակվում եք ու պահպանում «հայկական արժեքներն ու մշակույթը», այդ թվում կարևորագույններից մեկը՝ հայոց լեզուն: Շնորհակալ եմ, որ հոդվածում գտել եք մի բան, որը գովազդելու համար կարելի է շնորհավորել ինձ: Սակայն ես հոդվածում ոչինչ չեմ գովազդել, որևէ բանի գնահատական չեմ տվել, այլ միմիայն արձանագրել եմ փաստերը: Իսկ փաստը չի դադարում գոյություն ունենալուց՝ միայն այն պատճառով, որ չես արձանագրել այն: Սոնա Ավագյան
Monte
Simple question no need to get all in depth. Yes or no would it be a good idea for every Armenia to marry other nationalities both in Armenia and in the Diaspora? Just because an individual has done it and not the entire Armenian nation it does not make it any better. If it is not acceptable and the consequences of such an act done in a larger scale or by all is undesired and dangerous for preserving the Armenian identity and nation then why is it okay on the individual level? After all it is individuals make up our small people and nation. We all need to be responsible for our actions and we simply do not have the luxury to assimilate and not sacrifice and fight for what’s best for our people rather than only ourselves.
Harry
Comment...Armenians have been marrying natives of India for the last 200 years, why the fuss now? Records show that Armenian traders from Julfa landed in India and took Muslin slave girls as their concubines. Some married but many did not and simply lived together. Many children were born from these relationships and some of the best known families of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Kalkata descend from these very same unions, including children of Armenian priests in india. Kevin’s “mongrelization” comment is truly worrying, we’re all descended from apes. Get over it Kevin.
Մարիամ
Չէ, GB.. սխալեցայ...ըստ երեւոյթին տակաւին երեխայ ես, ակնյայտ մանկամիտ տոգորումներով լի: Եթէ քու անբիծ արիւնը քեզ նմաները է աշհարհ բերած, վայ մեր ազգի ճակատագիրը...
GB
Սիրելի Մարիամ, ինչքան հաճելի կը  զգամ միւս անգամ քո սիրունիկ երեսը տեսնեմ քո Բէդօին աամուսնուտ քովը, նստած մի մեծ ահռելի ուխտի վրան: 
Սարգիս
Մի զարմանաք եթէ Kevin & GB յաջորդիւ առաջարկեն որ հայաստանի շուրջ ցանկապատ կառուցուի որպեսզի այլազգիներ ոտք չդնեն հայաստան: Մի գուցէ իրենք որպէս երկրապահ ծառայեն սահմանի վրայ եւ ընտրեն թէ որ երկրի քաղաքացին կարելի է մուտք գործել հայաստան: Այո՛ իրենք կապրին բազմազգ երկիրներուն մէջ, որրեմն թող մտահոգուին այնտեղի խառն ամունութեանց հարցով: Թող երթան եւ փողոքեն իրենց քահանաներուն եւ թեմի առաջնորդին որոնք կը պսակեն եւ կ՛օրհնեն նման ամունութիւններ: Նստած են հոն, ձեռքերնին ծալած եւ անհեթեթ դուրս կու-տան: Վստահաբար անլիարժեքութեան բարդոյթէն կը տառապին:
Սոնա Ավագյան
Kevin, լավ կլիներ, որ անծանոթների հետ շփվեիք «դուք»-ով, քանի որ դա է պահանջում շփման ամենատարրական նորմը, ինչպես նաև մեկնաբանություն գրելիս գործածեիք չեզոք բառեր ու չտայիք գնահատականներ, ամոթանք ու խրատներ, ինչը ես արել եմ հոդվածում: Ես ձեզ վրա չեմ «հարձակվել», այլ պարզապես պատասխանել եմ ձեր մեկնաբանությանը. նույն տրամաբանությամբ ձեր նախորդ և այս դիտարկումները կարելի է «հարձակում» որակել: Հայաստանում ֆիզիկապես չգտնվելը հիմնավորում չէ` հայերեն ֆոնտեր չունենալու համար: Ճիշտ նույն կերպ կարող էիք հոդվածը չկարդալ, քանի որ Հայաստանում չեք գտնվում: Ես քաջատեղյակ եմ, որ հոդվածները «Հետքում» հասանելի են նաև անգլերենով, ավելին` ես գրել եմ հոդվածի ոչ միայն հայերեն, այլև անգլերեն տարբերակը: Բայց որ ինտերնետի ընդունված լեզուն անգլերենն է, արդեն նորություն է ինձ համար: Իմ համոզմամբ` ոչ միայն ինտերնետի, այլև ամեն ինչի ընդունված լեզուն տվյալ երկրի պետական և տվյալ ազգի մայրենի լեզուն է: Հայերի ու Հայաստանի դեպքում այդ լեզուն հայերենն է և ոչ թե անգլերենը: Նախորդ մեկնաբանության մեջ արդեն գրել եմ, որ հոդվածը զուտ փաստերի արձանագրում է` առանց գնահատականների, և որևէ բան գովազդելու, ուրիշներին ճամփա ցույց տալու, քաջալերելու նպատակ չունի: Եթե հոդվածում ուզում եք գովազդ և այլ բաներ տեսնել, ուրեմն տեսեք այն, ինչը ձեզ հաճելի է և ինչը, ձեր կարծիքով, ձեզ «հիմք» կտա նման ձևով արձագանքելու: «Kartses Hayastani khndirnereh amen loutselek, yev lavatsrelek…» ձեր դիտարկումը չգիտեմ, թե ում է վերաբերում` անձամբ ի՞նձ, «Հետքի՞ն», հայաստանյան բոլոր լրատվամիջոցների՞ն, թե՞ ընդհանրապես բոլոր հայաստանցիներին: Բայց դատելով նրանից, որ նախադասության մեջ գործածված «լուծել եք», «լավացրել եք» բայերը երկրորդ դեմքով են, իսկ դուք սփյուռքահայ եք, ենթադրում եմ, որ Հայաստանի խնդիրները «լուծելու» ու «լավացնելու» գործում սփյուռքահայերի, այդ թվում անձամբ ձեր դերն ու մասնակցությունը (առնվազն ենթագիտակցության մակարդակում) չեք դիտարկում, այլապես կգրեիք «լուծել ենք», «լավացրել ենք»: Ձեր մեկնաբանության մեջ ինձ համար ամենամեծ անակնկալն ու նորությունը ձեր այն ենթադրություն է, որ հայաստանյան լրատվամիջոցները պետք է իրենց հաղորդած տեղեկություններով ուրախացնեն սփյուռքահայերին: Kevin, հաջողություն եմ մաղթում ձեզ: Սա ՎԵՐՋԻՆ մեկնաբանությունն է, որ այս հոդվածի առթիվ գրեցի ձեզ: Սոնա Ավագյան
Mariam
So don't read the article.....I assume you are an adult and that no one is twisting your arm...
GB
Dear HETQ moderator, I strongly agree with kevin, there is no need to advertise happy couple syndrome in Hetq news this way!! I rather read the romance of Armenian couples in our beloved Yerevan, than reading romance of couples on top of an elephant!!
Ohan
To say that this article encourages Armenians to marry odars is ridiculous. Sure..., after reading how happy this couple is, hoards of Armenian women will go out looking for Indians, Pakistanis and Afghani men. DUMB!!! That commentator sounds like the Diaspora Minister when she said she would do everything to stop odar marriages in the spyurk. How absurd!!! If people are so upset about assimilation, they should relocate to Armenia. Full Stop!!

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