In Pursuit Of "PERFECTION"

Arranged marriages are all about finding "perfection".Parents want their kids to be regarded as "perfect" and look for "perfect" matches.Perfection is no longer an attribute but a name given to a set of specifications which every prospective(brahmin) bride and groom must have

THE "PERFECT" BRIDE:
1. Is either an engineer or a doctor.Second preference goes to the commerce girls.Everyone likes to say that their daughter or daughter-in-law is a software professional,or works for an mnc or an international bank. I am yet to see families accept girls who are MAC make up artists.

2.Must be docile and extremely feminine.As a result most of the girls are taught either music or dance and a mention of anything like Tai Chi or kalaripayattu brings the roof down.

3. And here comes the age old requirement: Must have a complexion that is between very fair and slightly wheatish.

4. Must be willing to uproot herself from any place and any job and move to where her husband will be.

5.And the miscellaneous things like knowing the various sahastranamams and ashtotrams



THE "PERFECT" GROOM
1. Again,is either an engineer or a doctor.IITans score lots of brownie points.Must work in a fortune 500 company and have equally qualified siblings. I am yet to hear about brahmin guys who are Michelin 3 star chefs or footwear designers(refer to the post titled Talking about impact to know the consequences of considering marriage to a chef or a designer)

2. Should not smoke and must not eat non veg



As long as the quest for "perfection" continues,aranged marriages continue to be far more entertaining than the K soaps and the circus goes on

She Did

She worked very hard to find the right husband, I must say. She went to temples, she went to engineering college, she learned to cook and sew and tell funny jokes. And she learnt to flutter her eyelashes just so.

And she went on a diet and she lost weight, and bought the prettiest of saris. And thought to herself, I am quite a smartie to be doing all this.

Did it work? I do not know. But a good husband she did get.

Talking About Impact......................

Here are a few very well known 20% dialogues which i thought are worth a mention

"Mere jeete jee yeh shaadi nahi ho sakti..........to?kab jaa rahe hain aap?"

"Ab desh bhi aazaad hai, toh aapki beti kyon nahi?"

"main tumhe mere jaaydaad se bedakhal kar doonga"

"Tum paida hote hi mar kyon nahi gayee"

"Ab hum samaaj mein sar nahi utha sakte".............................................................................................................

NEW AUTHOR SPEAKS

First of all, congratulations Marriage Market you are the blog that lived inspite of Xai trying her best to close you.




I must say that reading Marriage Market entertained and enlightened me. I got to know about the whole arranged marriage fuss and about Dus Bata Dus(my favourite part in the blog). A recent conversation with Xai convinced her that it is the 'right time' for me to be involved with Marriage Market.



Having been rejected by an American university thereby putting off Ms for six more months , staying at home after 6 years of unrestricted living and having relatives and auntys while away their time discussing my marriage(Even the finer details like the budget for sarees etc..) makes me the perfect contributor to this blog.



So,here I am all set to post everything about this circus and exult "arranged marriage zindabad" for this is where 80% of the Indian roads end.

Avanija

New Author

I never thought I'd share this blog with someone, but it's been fun and therupatic to share my experiences on this blog. I just have not been able to bring myself to let this blog die. So I'm passing it on to a new author who's a dear friend.

Hope she can keep the masses entertained as much as I did. :-)

~ Xai