Thursday, March 17, 2005

Seeking a (Life) Partner - There Vs. Here


Looking for Bridegroom / Women looking for Men

India:

IYER VADAMA Kousikam Kettai fair 24/161 BE(Hons) Bits Pilani Software professional MNC Chennai Musically talented seeks Vadama/Brahacharanam groom upto 29 yrs. professionally qualified well placed working in Chennai with clean habits from cultured family supportive of girl's Musical Taste.

USA:

Looking for a vegan bicyclist - 25 or someone with that musculature... between 23 and 28... you love music and a good cup of tea. i have very little time, but would like to meet someone smart and cool whom i could be attracted to. it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests


Looking for a Bride / Men looking for Women

India:

Vadamal, Srivathsam,Krithigai, 6.4.73 5'10" Mcom Business Rs.12000/- pm at Chennai seeks fair employed/unemployed girl - No dowry subsect nobar.

USA:

I'm looking to meet a young, attractive, sophisticated, and fit woman, someone comfortable in world class areas such as Pacific Heights. I'm a San Francisco professional, well educated, world traveled, without children, and not currently in a relationship. I'm very intelligent, good looking, sophisticated, socially and politically very liberal and not religious. I prefer women between 23 and 35, but also those older, upscale, and sophisticated. I'm adventurous, love jazz and enjoy trying new things with the right person.

11 comments:

saranyan r said...

cultural differences galore.

it looks like the Indian advt is focussed on a longer term objective than the american counterpart. But thats just my opinion.

Me said...

Lee: I also thot the same (both the points)

Another One: In India this (ad) is published by parents !!

Narayanan Venkitu said...

Saranyan,
Long term - One would wish.

But these days...we see and read about increasing divorce rates in India as well....!

Narayanan Venkitu said...

Jagan,

Sorry about the confusion.!

Americans do advertise like this in internet and newspapers...for dating...and then some get married as well.

The postings are from Craigslist and Sulekha.

Narayanan Venkitu said...

Me,
Yeah...I agree its parents / elders in the family.

Amrita said...

Is this meant to be be some kind of a joke? I mean are these people seriously advertising or is this a joke...pretty unusual otherwise.

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm....interesting post! Quite eye-opening really, how people adapt the english language and express themselves better yonder in the US! :)

The Last Blogger said...

Good one :)

By the way, I tried emailing you the wedding invite you asked but email bounced back. Can you give me an alternate email address ?

Narayanan Venkitu said...

amrita,
These are actual postings from
www.craigslist.com and www.sulekha.com

Ravi, Funny isn't it.

Last Blogger: I've fixed the emailid in my profile. FYI my id is venkitunarayanan@sbcgloba.net.
I look forward to your invite.

Nth Dimension said...

Classic illustration of the cultural differences.

Seems like, the Indian posts are so far out into the future, they forgot the here and now..and the American ones, well, just the opposite.

Serious case of "vechcha kudumi, seracha mottai" looks like...

Narayanan Venkitu said...

Daph. You said it sir.
Thanks for stopping by