Friday, April 30, 2010

Indians Get Particular About Online Marriage

Marriage -- or "shaadi" in Hindi -- remains a cornerstone of society in conservative India, with hundreds of matchmaking sites concentrating on finding their members suitable life partners rather than casual dates. Long-established portals like shaadi.com, bharatmatrimony.com and jeevansathi.com offer general searches. Yazdi Tantra, a computer consultant in Mumbai, runs theparsimatch.com, one of a number of websites for the dwindling community of followers of the ancient Zoroastrian faith. Sanjeev Pahwa, head of the New Delhi-based firm Strikeone Advertising, said targeting niche groups made business sense as he realised smaller start-ups like his couldn't compete with the major players. The result was bposhaadi.com, for call centre workers and govtshaadi.com, targeting state sector employees looking for love.

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