Indian matchmaking : A Review

Dear God

Sample this:

 Aparna 34: Requires ambitious, serious and caring life partner who shares her love of travelling.

Pradyumn 30: Creative, attractive, fond of travelling wants a life partner who is attractive, interesting to talk to and artsy.

Nadia Approx. 30: Extrovert, friendly, outgoing wants a life partner who shares her vivacity.

Now when Seema Aunty set out to match make for these three, I like that she showed bio-datas to all of them. To the guy she showed so many bio-datas and calls him confused when he does not want to meet up with any of them. Smart guy Pradyumn otherwise you would have spent 100s of hours meeting girls who you will never see again in your future. To Aparna she shows one and when she does not want to meet that guy, she just labels her as stubborn and negative. If you ask me, Aparna is not stubborn. She is someone who knows what she wants. Then with her persuasion, she agrees to meet a guy totally not her type. Srini is ok but he is seven years older than her and does not have a concrete future plan. Being indecisive about what to wear is kind of ok sometimes, but this is life we are talking about. Why would we match an ambitious, driven, focussed person with someone who does not know what he/she wants to do in future. It is her life after all. When she refuses to further consider, again the word stubborn! OMG so matchmaking suddenly means you accept the very first proposal you come across…really Aunty?

And then she takes the cake when she matches Aparna with a divorcee who choses to conceal his marital history. That too when Aunty knows and she tries to downplay the whole thing!!

And then we have Akshay: a 20 something young man with marrying young running in the family. The way his mom keeps pressurizing him to get married is so stereo-typically Indian.

Overall for an informed, educated, mature person like me Indian Matchmaking is a dish hardly appetizing.

PS: The views expressed in this article are my own personal opinion and I agree to disagree with people who do not share my views.