Marriage Market

Ok so now that I am doing an MBA...everything I see takes on a new flavour..so does whats happening to me right now! Arranged marriages!! No I am not getting married..not for another 3 years at least......but the whole process..is really like what we hear about M&As (Mergers & Acquisitions) in our Strategy classes.

Step 1: Choosing the Strategy:

Well this begins when the elders "ye wise ones" decide its time for the young ones to get married. The reasons for this could anything from the chronological age of the young one to completing "enough" education according to them to well believing ki "bachcha bigadane laga hai".

Step 2: Transaction Evaluation:

Here everything is matched...from the financial stability, to the cultural match to the community and gotra and even astrological matches....it a two month hullabaloo before the guy and girl are even given each other's pictures! And then the process is put into motion.

Of course there are various sources of information for the evaluation....nosy neighbours and relatives, newspapers, community matchmakers, outside matchmakers, and of course, matrimonial sites in today's "advanced" days!

Step 3: Execution:

This is the engagement stage..after the girl and boy have interacted for "enough time" as decided by the elders.

Step 4: The Deal:

Yeah this is the actual marriage! Its length and extravaganza depends on the financial capabilities of the two parties and their willingness to spend also.......some times....just some times.....the wishes of the two parties actually involved the girl and the boy are taken into consideration....

Step 5: Post Merger Evaluation:

How soon they have children and the number of children they have..... well since it is assumed that this is the only true measure of "marital bliss"!!

Ah well............