Ahuja Aunty ke Rishte hi Rishte

The good food and a big fat Indian family ensured my attendance at a number of weddings this shaadi season. However, weddings don’t feel the same when the people getting married are in the radius of two years from your age. A number of my friends’ parents have started searching for suitable matches for their children, and it seems that the task of arranging a marriage is quite a headache. The parents constantly complain about their children being extremely choosy during the search, and the children can’t seem to explain to their parents their parameters for approving or rejecting a candidate.

I believe the youngsters, like in every generation, feel more comfortable discussing their preferences and choices with their friends than with a generation above. But, the fact of one’s ongoing search for a prospective partner cannot be broadcasted on social media websites, leaving one vulnerable to constant questioning and fear of being labeled as someone who has been unable to find a suitable match for a long time.

In a small attempt to see whether the knowledge that a database of eligible life partners is being maintained by a person of the same age group will help people in overcoming their inhibitions about the search, I wish to offer some help.

If you are someone looking for a life partner, or know someone to whom this might be of some help, you may fill the matrimonial registration form below and I will try to find a match for you from the available database. Through this project, which I will henceforth call “Ahuja Aunty ke Rishte hi Rishte”, I am looking at:

• Earning some punya credit for getting two people to find their life-partners;
• Turning dosti into rishtedaari for a few;
• Getting to attend a wedding as both, a ladkewala and a ladkiwala; and
• Living the Punjabi aunty dream of saare bachon ka rishta karao-ing.

You would notice that all through the form, I have referred to myself as “we”. For example, “we will not share your information without your consent.” It’s just a pseudo-smart sounding thing to make the whole project sound like something backed by an organization. It’s just me. :P Also, the fact that I think it looks “pseudo-smart” is enough to show that I am going to have a lot of problem when I reach the age of finding a life partner for myself.

I will also put this form up as a separate page on the blog so that it can be easily accessed from the sidebar. Let us join hands and find rishta’s for people that will make mankind shed happy tears. Let the shaadi’s begin :D