Sunday, August 23, 2009

Money Marries Culture

This is an I came across in the July 2009 edition of Reader's Digest:

Since the image is a bit fuzzy, the ad reads

India's elite now have an exclusive way of finding their soulmates.

EliteMatrimony.com
A premium matrimony service from BharatMatrimony.

Presenting BharatMatrimony.com, the upper Crust of Matrimonies for the super-rich celebrities, royalty and who's who of society. Its a service for exclusively invited customers, who seek an ideal life partner to complement their lifestyle and cultural expectations. The way you search for your life partner will never be the same again.

I'm too sickened to type the rest out.

If this doesn't hurt you, or offend you profoundly, I hope that what I found at their site, will:




"The finest dining experience"?
"The best breed"?

What I really want to know from anyone who cares enough to read this is: is this an integral part of the hallowed Indian culture too?

6 comments:

Lyfe said...

unbelievable...so is there some kind of vetting process to decide whether you are elite enough?...

RCB said...

I think that if you can afford an UBS AG account, you can pretty much consider yourself invited. I'm assuming one would have to be really ugly too, considering that you're having to use an internet portal to buy/choose your spouse.

yossarianspeaks said...

whatt!!..all those pretty faces on all those matrimonial sites..are not up for grabs..and now one has to be an ugly millionare with low self -esteem to actually use an internet portal..to find a spouse..the end is here...lol...baloo..every post of yours exposes the chinks in our social fabric...you should run for PM...my vote's yours..

RCB said...

@Chaibiskoot: Chinks? Hardly sir, unless you usually call vast gaping holes that would tempt amorous Frenchmen 'chinks'.

Aishwarya said...

Awesome! Clearly they're all going to end up getting exactly the partners they deserve.

varun said...

sickening and absurd!