“In a thousand different ways God guides us through our lives .Who we marry is all up to Him. But there is nothing to stop us from lending Him a hand by filling the form below”

This is the wonderful heading to a Times of India advertisement for its Matrimonial Pages which caught my eye. The sub headings were Wanted Bride and Groom with respective age groups and then an unbelievably long list of specifics ….

Agarwal,Bisa,Brahmin, Chandravanshi, Kshatriya, Charasia ….these are castes …

Then the religion / area Gujarati, Jain, Yadav, Agha Khani, Jehovah Wintess, Assamese, Bengali ….

Foreigners are all in a special category too: British, European, Gulf Muslims ….

Specific personal detail like disabled, widower, second marriage ….

and finally professions accountants , Architects, banking and business….

So once you have gone through all these categories believe me it would be as close to a match made in Heaven as it could ever be. There is even a Pay for 2 and get 1 free !