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Page 1 of 4 Your parents have run ads in newspapers, made you screen websites galore
and have spread the word through the community grapevine. In search of a
suitable partner for you. With the wheels in motion, divine intervention
happens soon enough.
Your Mom's aunt in New York calls up to tell your
parents of a 'good' Punjabi family she knows in New Delhi. Lo! behold, one
of the eligible sons in this family is an architect. Now all that remains
is the performance of the due diligence. At a restaurant or a coffee shop,
if not at either home, to decide the future course of action.
It's an adventure of a different kind. Very different from meeting and
talking with someone at a wedding midst the sangeet and shaadi hoopla a la
Joote le lo, paise de do... Interacting with your-(possible)-would-be
partner at a public place, chaperoned by your Mom, Dad, sibling or Aunt
and Uncle is a revelation of sorts.
Among the issues discussed are
bloodline and reputation. And as the prime character in this drama, you
need to conduct the initial vetting with great finesse to decide whether
he is history or your future groom.
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