{"id":420,"date":"2020-09-08T05:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T05:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/?p=420"},"modified":"2020-10-21T09:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T09:22:34","slug":"what-is-bad-about-indian-matchmaking-nothing-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cclab.iimu.ac.in\/what-is-bad-about-indian-matchmaking-nothing-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Matchmaking: The Marriage Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Indian Matchmaking is an Indian reality television series that premiered on Netflix on the 16th July, 2020. It immediately gained a lot of popularity for a diverse set of reasons and has sparked a range of conversations in India.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

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What is bad about Indian Matchmaking? Nothing, really<\/div>
Indian Matchmaking is as close to the truth as it can be. And that is where lies the problem.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Matchmaking illustrates the ills of Indian society |\u2009Opinion<\/div>
A\u2009recent Netflix show has accurately captured the gendered politics of arranged marriages, with its biases<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Netflix\u2019s matchmaking show draws flak for perpetuating Indian stereotypes<\/div>
Episodes titled \u2018Slim, Trim and Educated,\u2019 \u2018Just Find Me Someone,\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s High Time\u2019 and \u2018Adjustment and Compromise,\u2019 among others, have been the subject of much ridicule and many memes in India over the past weekend<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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\u2018Indian Matchmaking\u2019 Netflix Show Divides Twitter: \u201cMega Cringe\u201d or \u201cAccurate AF?\u201d<\/div>
Indian Matchmaking\u00a0has taken over the #discourse.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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\u2018Indian Matchmaking\u2019 Creator Smriti Mundhra Puts A Spotlight On The Marriage Industrial Complex of the South Asian Diaspora<\/div>
\u201cEven though I\u2019m a person of color, my experience does not mean I\u2019m equipped to tell the story of any person of color.\u201d<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Indian Matchmaking catches attention of Netflix binge-watchers, we try to make sense of the guilty pleasure<\/div>
Urban Millennials Squirm In Their Seats At This Ostentatious Show Of Death Of Feminism<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Why Some of Us Can\u2019t Even Hate-Watch Netflix\u2019s \u2018Indian Matchmaking\u2019<\/div>
The show confronts us with our own loneliness, presents marriage as a solution and accomplishment, but then reveals the process of getting there to be an exercise in self-erasure \u2013 sorry, \u201ccompromise\u201d.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Sima Taparia From Mumbai: Netflix\u2019s Indian Matchmaking Memes That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud<\/div>
Indian Matchmaking memes storm the internet as netizens laugh on Sima Taparia\u2019s dialogues.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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\u2018Indian Matchmaking\u2019 memes storm the internet, fans can\u2019t get over Sima Mami, Preeti Aunty – Republic World<\/div>
Since the trailer of \u2018Indian Matchmaking\u2019 was released on YouTube, fans reacted to the \u2018weird\u2019 show with memes and videos. Take a look at how fans reacted:<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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A matchmaking dead-end?<\/div>
If there is one show on our TV screens that is creating the most conversation, it is Indian Matchmaking on Netflix. Halfway between a documentary and a reality show, it takes us into the world…<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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