For those of you who have been following my blog for a while know, I was in the arranged marriage market for a brief period in 2009, before Priyanka magically materialised (from the comments section of this blog) and bailed me out. I may not have covered this in any of the Arranged Scissors posts … Continue reading “Tinder and Arranged Scissors”
Ok so the last time I wrote about Arranged Scissors was more than five and a half years back, when the person who is now my wife had just about started on her journey towards ending up as my wife. And today she made a very interesting observation on arranged marriage markets, which made me … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors 16: Liquidity”
Ok so here we come to the holy grail. The grand unification. Kunal Sawardekar can scream even more loudly now. Two concepts that i’ve much used and abused over the last year or so come together. In a post that will probably be the end of both these concepts in the blogging format. I think … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors 15: Stud and Fighter Beauty”
I’ve been in this market for a while now. It was sometime in February that my mother decided that I had utterly failed in my attempts to find myself a long-term gene-propagating female partner, and that she needed to step in and find someone for me. It was sometime in March that I went to … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors 14 – Losing Heart”
Q: How do you carve an elephant? A: Take a large stone and remove from it all that doesn’t look like an elephant – Ancient Indian proverb, as told to us by Prof C Pandu Rangan during the Design of Algorithms course As I had explained in a post a long time ago, this whole … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors 13 – Pruning”
This is similar to the Klose-Podolski corollary to the Goalkeeper Theory. To refresh your memory, or to fresh it in case I haven’t mentioned this earlier, the Klose-Podolski corollary refers to a case of two close friends who decide to hit on the same person. The implicit understanding is that they don’t regard each other … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors 12 – Rejection Sharing Agreements”
Read this article about the formalized Konkatsu process that has become a big hit in japan: This year Japan has gone konkatsu-crazy, with the trend spawning countless magazine articles, a weekly TV drama and a best-selling book. A Tokyo shrine now offers konkatsu prayer services, a Hokkaido baseball team has set up special seats for … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors (11) in Japan”
So nowadays the process for arranged scissors has slightly changed, mainly due to the introduction of “modern” communication channels such as the internet and the phone. In earlier days, it was simple – the only way you could check out the counterparty was by way of meeting, and there was a protocol for that. There … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors 10 – Modern Channels Protocol”
Neha, also known as MotherJane, writes in her blog: …I do not believe in love. Partners offer solutions to everyday issues like running a house, satisfying needs and filling in the blanks. However they come at a cost – often too high to bother. Still we go ahead and do the trade – its just … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors 9 – Cost Benefit Analysis”
That you are in the arranged marriage process means that your parents now have full veto power over whom you marry. Given that you don’t generally want them to veto someone whom you have liked, the most common protocol as I understand is for parents to evaluate the counterparty first, and the “candidate” to get … Continue reading “Arranged Scissors 8: Culture fit with parents”