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Recently I attended weddings of my brother and cousin in India. People kept enquiring about my happiness and lamented that I am not married. Someone who didn't know me tried to set me up but when my parents revealed my actual age, he tried to slither away. Growing old is great!
I was one of lucky and privileged ones. My parents are liberal and open minded. They came around and resisted pressures. Ultimately they fought community they live in and tried to change people's minds. Now they are proud of me and support me wholeheartedly.
so much has changed for the better in a decade. Numerous inter-racial and inter-caste marriages in my extended family. One of my cousins is queer and out and people have accepted that. Change can also happen quickly. We have to remain hopeful.
Craziest thing around #IndianMatchmaking is how much I dreaded it even as a kid. I had a dream when I was just 7 about being forcibly married off to someone I didn't like! This is much before anyone had brought up issue of marriage with me. So much sexism was inbuilt in system.
There is no ideal framework for matchmaking across the globe. The Western system is also flawed. We know the sufferings in the East. Just keep looking and keep searching for the good. Be smart and independent, yet don't get stuck in a love jihad or a similar situation.
Going through this real joke and its really frustrating!
Thanks Anima, your story is so inspiring and I can identify the same with my sisters. I know the struggle of them who can't afford to fight long and hard and not from educated and open families.
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