MSN Messenger wants me to marry.
“Marriage Proposals by Email. FREE!”
“Click here to find your Life Partner.”
“Search, Find, Marry @ Shaadi.com”
Fine. I give in.
Two clicks later, I was prospecting for brides.
With pictures, bios and what-nots!
One read: “I am a professionally genuine female.” Yea, like the others are fake. Or transgendered. Eeks!
Another: “I am not really looking for a marriage right now.” Really? Then why post your profile at a marriage bureau? Or you have some sort of obsession of posting it at all places that accept it?
Anyway, I spent about two hours looking for a compatible bride. Shortlisted three from ten pages, each with fifteen profiles. Sadly, all of them were older to me. Not that it is a problem in the real sense.
Co-incidentally a friend of mine was on the web site too. She too gave in to the constant bickering of MSN (and the boredom of studying for the CAPS test). It was totally unexpected, and we had a laugh about it later on!
The general demographic: Has loads of NRIs and what-nots. And the proportion of Muslim girls far outweigh Hindus. Nothing shocking, just slightly strange.
I even uploaded my profile, just for fun. Unfortunately, it never cleared the screening process, because I violated some terms and conditions. Yea, as if I care!
Another observation: The help desk / support at Shaadi.com has to be one of the best I have seen in some time. They have live chat, email and telephone, all 24×7. My queries got responses in less than five minutes of mailing them!
Anyway, so now you know what to do when you are bored in those CAPS pracs.
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CAPS = Computer Aided Power Systems, a compulsory subject to be taken in the VII semester of the Electrical Engineering course offered by the Mumbai University.