Mismatched expectations on the marriage market

While it's engaging, comforting, and even entertaining to read this book, it leaves more gaps than it fills

In the Netflix original Indian Matchmaking (2020), a Mumbai-based traditional matchmaker Sima Taparia tried to help rich people of South Asian descent in the US, Delhi, and Mumbai find the right partners.

The television series received mixed responses. Some called it an accurate representation of how traditional matchmaking, which is heavily casteist, elitist, and, of course, only for cis-het people, works, and others thought the series showed “Indian culture” in a bad light. But, like other releases on Netflix, it was binge-worthy not only because of its participants’ interesting story arcs and matching criteria but also because of its inherent voyeuristic