A paid,renewable membership endowed with a lifetime of stupidity!

What is a website ??

-a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more web pages.

What is  matrimony?

-the state of being married; marriage.

What is a matrimonial website.

- A brainchild(a bit of an exaggeration,but whatever)of a CS enthusiast and a defaced astrologer of the 90's.

Before the troll begins, let us try to focus on the possible sane explanation for the origin and the seemingly exponential,strong legacy of this ridiculousness. Oh! Wait, that is a catch-22 situation in itself, let us begin the troll!

If you caught a person off-guard and gave him/her the following set of information, what would a sane person guess?

• Name-
• Age
• Background-..
• Height :..
• Weight- ...
• Job - ...
• Salary - ...
• Interests - ...
• Achievements - ..
• Languages spoken-

There is a possibility that the answer might revolve around a job profile, higher studies, maybe for an entry into Sumo Wrestling Championship...maybe!

But look at this

• Eating Habits(just to be sure that it is not Hannibal)
• Smoking habits(Just to verify that it is a human and not a chimney)
• Dosham(If you have learnt Sanskrit probably you would think of this as a misspelling for Dosa in Sanskrit)
• Gothram( Batman fans, no it is not Gotham!!)
• Star/Raasi(Just look at the spelling on that!..probably they were wondering if they would find a match who is from the same insipid, gormless universe as theirs which has that star)
• Family values(Clearly #Sanskaari)
• Family type( Well! if one voluntarily signs up for such insanity then probably a stark stupid one!)
• Ancestor/Origins-(What if they have descended from Hyenas instead of  Apes, the dowry would probably be a little less)
• Father's income( I mean, why not?..let us tow the line)
• Mother's income( Oh my God! they are so advanced, they do take mothers to be breadwinners. I mean(slow claps!)
• No. of brothers and Sisters( See, why blast bijli when you can fire up  the entire chain of crackers! yay! festive time)
• And who asks whether they are looking for someone with Dosham, I mean...why??
• Professional preferences (Annual Income + Branch)-- Because Google hires people with 7. odd CGPA,..let us give them all  chance)

Phew! That was a lot, but let me warn you, it is not exhaustive!

While it maybe a lot of fun, just stumbling upon such websites and trolling them, on a serious note, there are a lot of people who have fallen prey to this and the most sad part is that  they enter the trap voluntarily..and while some are happy staying trapped there for life( or after life(well for some #Sanskaaris))..some end up regretting this life long and end up spreading toxicity about this institution.

So, look out people,look out for that one nash,impostor with a humongous Coursera subscriptions but a Sanskaari heart!

(Just joking! Not generalizing...But do keep a watch!)

-All in good humor!

In the prime of change.

When the festive spirit dies, the exam fever kicks in! Within a month all schools and colleges would

 be commencing "preparatory" examinations for the upcoming board examinations(if you didn't 

know, it is one of the "turning points " in our lives and for all those who have already turned without

 feeling an iota of difference then probably you are  too cool for that or one of the most 

impressive impostors of our times) and to showcase our improved mindset as a progressive nation, a 

new fad has dawned upon our motherland's greatest thinkers(or businessmen);'What after 12th? fairs'.

Here,  the answer is pretty obvious(Apologies if this remark sounds retrograde) that it is 

pretty much Engineering(A universally known hierachy: IITs,NITs,Renowned local colleges.),The 

Medical Sciences(I guess AIIMS, KIMS,KMC and then(thinking) never mind!!), Commerce(),The 

pure sciences(IISc,IIITs,TIFR).But, just in case one's family happens to stumble upon and tumble into 

one of these fairs(you know, just for a weekend outing!) then you would spot  a lot of euphoric kids 

swarming and  an equally confused lot of rueful parents (wishing that The Eternal Sunshine Of The 

Spotless Mind concept was true) but that doesn't go to say that there aren't any families supporting  

the "quirky" derailment of their children's ambitions but the point is such families would  most  

probably not attend such fairs in the first place. So, basically such events( although with a good 

intention) turn out to be a hurricane showstopper in the educational dailies, a roller-coaster ride for 

most of the patrons and a true game changer for a few.

So, what exactly is the loophole in this entire idea? Well, as a person who has been through that 

phase, I personally feel that such events should be held a long way before the "turning point" and not 

at a point where you have turned 180 degrees and there is fire if you turn back and a seemingly 

innocuous whirlpool if you turn ahead or one should be well equipped with asbestos and a Battleship 

before one begins the Turn!!. So, the next time you hear about one if these fairs, look back, think 

ahead and  decide for the present.

Good luck to all!(Age no bar)