Thread by @IWTKQuiz

Since everyone is cringe-watching #IndianMatchmaking on @NetflixIndia, here are a few #FunFacts on the show, *the aunty*, other aunties, and arranged marriages. Thread 👇

The star of the show Sima Taparia runs a Mumbai-based marriage consultancy “Suitable Rishta” that began by exclusively catering to the Marwari family market and has now gone global with families from USA, UK, Thailand, Hong Kong & Australia.
#FunFact: Fee= ₹1.5-4 lacs per fam

#FunFact : This isn’t Sima‘s first motion picture appearance. Earlier she has appeared in an acclaimed documentary “A Suitable Girl” which also showcases how Indian arranged marriages are regressive but this one is a true gem.
Streaming on
@NetflixIndia netflix.com/title/80189783

Contrary to the campy #IndianMatchmaking, A Suitable Girl is a collection of the heartbreaking stories of 3 women struggling to cope with the expectations of marriage. It even includes interviews with Sima’s daughter and her views on her mother. 😉

f you watched #IndianMatchmaking, you know that Aparna expects every man to "know that Bolivia has salt flats!” (Quiz much?)
Anyway, she was referring to the world's largest salt flat in Bolivia called Salar de Uyuni, and Laguna Colorada, the red lake with Flamingos.

Back to #arrangedmarriages - #DidYouKnow that Japan too has the tradition of arranged marriages and “broker aunties”:
Miai is the Japanese name for an arranged marriage, literally meaning "looking at one another".
The go-between or the matchmaker in Miai is called Nakōdo.

One of the most famous arranged marriages in history was that of Marie Antoinette of Austria and Louis XVI of France.
#FunFact: This portrait of a 13-year-old Marie Antoinette was sent to the Louis XVI to show him what his future bride looked like.

The Chinese have a bunch of derogatory terms for unmarried 30 yr olds: (TW)
-Guang gun (for unmarried men)= "bare branches", becos they don't add branches to the family tree!
-'Sheng nu' = 'leftovers'
-3S or 3S Women = Single, 70s (Born in) & Stuck

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And now for some fun:
Nashra Balagamwala, a Pakistani-origin designer has created a board game called Arranged! that lets you play with Aunty cards, Girls cards, and Golden Boy cards, to recreate the struggles of an Arranged Marriage.
kickstarter.com/projects/17424…
#IndianMatchmaking