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I think of partner search like a marathon, one of the many we run in our lives. It is a long race to the finish. We are not competing with…

It sucks when someone you like doesn’t like you back. But turns out it also sucks to be liked by people who you’d never like back. Someone asked me on…

Traditionally, men were the sole breadwinners of the family, so in order to qualify for a good wife, men had to have a good job. Today, men and women are…

In arranged marriages, most of the time, the first meeting happens after several rounds of scrutiny: Good profile on paper – check First few text exchanges aren’t too boring –…

Until the 90s, people heavily relied on personal networks and local brokers for partner search. But once people started leaving their home-towns for education or jobs, they were less likely…

This post was originally published on Quora when someone asked me what a girl and boy talk about on their first arranged marriage date. An arranged marriage meeting is quite…

I’ve seen tonnes of negative reviews of matrimonial sites. The more people spend on them, the more disappointed they feel. While matrimonial sites are a great place to start your search,…

 There is a lot of adrenaline rush attached to chance meetings and serendipity when it comes to romance. But not so much when it comes to intentionally meeting someone with…

We go from kindergarten to primary, high school to college and college to a job quite seamlessly. It’s hardly a decision we’ve to make, at least not in India where…