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Whatever one's views on arranged marriage, and I've aired mine elsewhere, it is a hugely important part of Indian society. The old ways of finding a match are becoming less effective, though, and in India today many have recourse to the classified pages of the Sunday papers. Below is a completely genuine selection from the Sunday Times of India Bombay Edition, 5th May 2002.

COSMOPOLITAN

ALLIANCE invited for very smart handsome Maharashtrian Brahmin boy 26/5’8” B.E. Hons/MBA working as Asst. Manager Marketing in leading Bangalore based IT Co. seeks smart beautiful broadminded professionally qualified pref MBA Engg. C.A., working girl. Reply in detail with biodata/horoscope/recent photo

PARENTS (Father Gujarati. Mother Mangalorean GSB) of fair handsome software engineer 29/5’10”/68kg currently in UK. Seek Gujarati/Mangalorean vegetarian non-Manglik girl BE/MBA (Personnel Management, HR Exec, related areas) & willing to go abroad.

ALLIANCE INVITED FROM
very well educated, well placed and handsome Hindu boys of very discerning and high status families, preferably
UK/US BASED NRI’S
for intelligent and highly educated girl, 28, 5’6”, WHEATISH COMPLEXION CULTURED AND WITH VERY PLEASANT PERSONALITY
belonging to highly respectable and high social status Hindu family.
GIRL IS A PROFESSIONAL AND LONDON PUBLIC SCHOOL/ UNIVERSITY EDUCATED
Early wedding desired and a decent wedding is assured. Only serious minded Hindu families need apply.

DISABLED/HANDICAPPED

ALLIANCE invited from hearing impaired Christian girls for well settled boy 30 years

PHYSICALLY handicapped Malayali girl 25/148 BE Computer employed in Bangalore as Officer in Autonomous Body. Parents seek match from broadminded.

BENGALI

PROBASI Bengali professional teetotaller non-smoker for Doctor (MD Pulmonary Diseases) girl 28 yrs 165 cms 58kg of upper caste Bengali Gujarathi parentage. Correspond with biodata horoscope and photograph

BRAHMIN

WANTED really beautiful, v. fair, convented, professional/doctor, vegetarian, sweet natured, caring, cheerful, slim girl preferably Brahmin up to 33 yrs for a v. handsome MBA executive unmarried Brahmin boy 39+ (looks v. young) 170/30000 (perks) Own house + cars Eminent family

Wanted well settled North Indian Brahmin
AIS/IIT/IIM MATCH
For outstandingly beautiful, cultured, convented, very fair, 5’6” 23 years daughter of Sr AIS Officer. Slight hearing loss after measles.
Done Maths honours, now in final year of MCA
Extremely decent marriage

KSHATRIYA

Match for 27/5’7”
Kumawat
Wheatish, handsome smart boy Teetotaller BE (Mech) MBA from USA, Sr Consultant top multinational company at Chicago (USA).
Educated family from Ujjain, father well placed in Muscat for 20 yrs. Girl should be cultured, well educated, good looking, well spoken, with strong family values from a well educated vegetarian family.

HINDU

GUJARATI Hindu parents invite proposal for their US Citizen Doctor daughter, fair, beautiful, doing 5th year Fellowship (Child Psychiatry) in USA (coming to India 3rd week of May). November 1972, 5’6”, 57kg from upper caste Hindu professionals, preferably Doctor/Engineer. She has uncomplicated diabetes.

CHRISTIAN

MY daughter D. Ed. B. Sc. Convent school teacher 27 yr 5’3” white fair requires suitable Protestant Christian boy with nice service business


 

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