![]() Prashanth Vishnumangalam Narayanan was 27, a Fremont resident and established consultant on supply chain management for PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Jose, when he started getting curious calls from his mother in Chennai. She demurred, but her dad insisted, and then begged her to at least call his favorite: Prashanth. “Within two weeks, he came back with a list of 15 guys. I was really overwhelmed!” "My dad was like, 'Why is someone who is 50 years old giving information for my daughter?' ” Gomathi giggles.Ī tech-savvy cousin soon came to the rescue - and now Gomathi was on the hot seat. But the error became apparent when the first bite of interest came from an older woman. He typed his name, he typed his age, and he typed all stuff about him." In retrospect, she figures he probably thought he was registering, as opposed to creating a profile. “He started entering his profile information. Gomathi delights in sharing what happened next. He’s done his bachelor’s, he’s done his master’s, and he’s based out of California.ĭon't miss an episode of 'Love in the Digital Age' ![]() Prashanth: He’s an Iyer Brahmin…he doesn’t eat meat…he doesn’t drink. ![]() ![]() Gomathi: She’s intelligent…pursing her Master’s in Canada…she’s homely and traditional…plays Badminton…she’s cute. That was the case for Gomathi Ramakrishnan and her husband, Prashanth Vishnumangalam Narayanan: (Courtesy of BharatMatrimony)Ī growing number of the profiles on these sites are written by the hopeful wedding seekers themselves, but those with a more traditional mindset will allow their parents to write them. Today, they - and their counterparts around the world - are just as likely to use any one of an explosion of matrimonial websites, some with apps for your smartphone. In India, middle-class couples used to find each other and marry through family connections, a marriage broker or by way of a newspaper ad. ![]()
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