Matri-money
Arranged marriage is a funny business. It takes a lot of patience and many frustration prone conversations before finding the best match. It applies more to the parents in conversation, as the match candidates are hidden from the vicious barbs thrown at each other. Even now, my parents recount some of the funny conversations they have had with the parents of potential brides. It was quite a few years ago. Tamil Matrimony and various other matrimonial websites had capitalized on the dot com boom to come up with not-so-easy to use websites. It is a complicated process to find the potential match, even though from a distance, it looks as easy as a click of a button. In reality, it is nowhere close. These websites have come up with various payment options that deciphering them is as complicated as reading your mobile bill. Of course, there is the inherent complication of figuring out who is a suitable match for you. Then, you have to matc...