A couple of days back the newspaper spread out under my lunch dabba
happened to be the matrimonial page.
Out of sheer want of entertainment I started browsing through the page
while eating.
I must say that reading the matrimonial column is more entertaining
than reading page3... in fact i'd rate it above some comic strips too...
Its funny how people can describe human beings as if they were commodities...
Slim, Fair, Beautiful, even words like Very Beautiful!!!
Some ads even stated the exact height the prospective bride should be...
Are these people for real?? I'm sure for most of them slim+fair = beautiful... in fact "Fair = Beautiful".
Moreover... do people care about people who are kind-hearted,
good-natured, skilled, etc?
Or is it enough to have a slim, fair & beautiful wife to be happy??
However, this post is meant to bring out 2 interesting observations:
1) A large number of people had actually mentioned "Caste no bar" in the ads. I found this very encouraging. Are we moving towards a society
where even while setting up an arranged marriage, families
are open to inter-caste matches?
This is a welcome change where till a few years back a Jain from
South Gujarat marrying a Jain from Kucth (which is also a part of Gujarat)
was a huge problem with the families.
However, sadly enough, the very same ads which said "Caste No Bar"
hadthe "Slim, Fair, Beautiful" requirement...
But I guess its foolish to expect our society to change overnight.
"Caste No Bar" is a step in the right direction and hopefully,
with time, we'll see the "S, F, B" disappear too...
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Hey Kranto,
hows u. i was quite curious to get to ur blog n get a view of things. I myself was contemplating to start a blog, but am not too sure about it. Well ur blog wasnt as boring as i thought it would be. lol. good. keep going. try to kick in some more anecdotes with relevance to ur experiences. just a suggestion. take care.
I know how you felt with that specific ad. I felt exactly the same actually. It's time India is opening up to the world like how a guy in maybe US would do. The term 'society' and 'being social' has somehow become too cliched these days. People are giving more and more priority to 'real life'.
We are on the way. :)
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