A few months back, I attended a seminar for e-commerce enthusiasts and novices.
When the presenter asked a question about the most visited site in India, someone said “shaadi.com”. The crowd giggled, the majority of them being from the subcontinent.
It is true; for the married and yet to be married, the site offers some sort of curious entertainment.
I visited the site for the system study for developing my new site: mangaliam.com.
I guess the seminar was successful in turning some “web novices” like me into “web-entrepreneur aspirants”.
I presume, the biggest aspiration and fixation of an Indian being matrimony, and close to 300 million people of marriageable age out there in the subcontinent, it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to start one more site; although scores have already achieved the critical mass.
Most of the ads read and sound the same…but I came across this particular one which struck me as completely different and sounds damn honest besides being incredibly witty.
I wish this aspirant all the luck in her search for her perfect partner…I do hope she will find her Mr.Right very soon. No body deserves to be lonely!
“My Personality, Long-Term Goals, Partner Expectations, etc
Everyone on this site seems to be caring and sensitive. Everyone is beautiful. Everyone shows a quirky / exotic / intriguing / adventurous / combination side in their interests. It’s intimidating – where do I begin? I’m opinionated, independent and pigheaded. In spite of that, I’m easygoing 75 per cent of the time, and only bad-tempered for 25. I am not really a domestic goddess and the magic “woman’s touch” part is unreliable. I enjoy most things that fall under the broad umbrella of “the good life”. I’ve been happily single for the greater part of 32 years, but have been getting lonely lately. Perhaps it has something to do with being surrounded by married friends with lives full of interactions, involvements, plans, friction, stimulation, life, basically. I know it’s not all music and roses, but from where I’m standing it’s attractive, like when you see into other people’s living room windows at night. Or perhaps it’s just that I feel the need for someone – just like a friend, but a little more – to share the small stuff. Whatever it is, the last bastion that held out vehemently against shaadi.com has fallen. As for the way I look, I clean up good. I don’t mind sending a photograph if I like the response, but I’m new at this and not comfortable yet with posting pictures on public sites!
My Family
One younger brother, happily married
One pair of parents, also happily married, retired and living in Bangalore (this, incidentally, is also where I grew up)
One large dog (my father's, the latest in a long line of them)
A very large, boisterous and affectionate extended family, spread around the world”
