As Indian Matchmaking Trends, Here's Everything You Need To Know About Sima Taparia

We have all heard of those dating apps or seen the dating shows where people have fallen in love. Shows like Emotional Atyachaar, Splitsvilla and Love School are a few examples. Giving them a tough almost defeating competition is the new Netflix show called Indian Matchmaking.

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As an Indian society, we are all aware of how arrange marriages work in our country. The minute you are 20 something, relatives constantly start pushing you to consider 'settling down'.

If you, god forbid, are dating someone, then it is absolutely looked down upon and you are declared not so 'pure and pious'. The only suitable girl for any household in India is the one who hasn't dated, doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, is not over-ambitious, wants to have kids. And for men, the list is endless too. He should be working, earning more than the girl, should keep a balance between the mother in law and wife, should have sufficient savings, should believe in having 2 kids, take her shopping, not beat her often.

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Divorce is a word no one addresses. Whether you are a lower middle family or an elite one, we only talk of happy endings, not of what happens after that. We all saw the film Dil Dhadakne Do and figured how despite coming from a lavish family, Priyanka's role is pushed to continue with the man she is not happy with.

Well, despite knowing all things attached around arrange marriages, parents still prefer that. And Netflix just got a show 'Indian matchmaking' showing the same ugly truth on our TV screens. In case you thought the show is fictional, nope, it's a reality-docu with a real matchmaker Sima Taparia, who is the talk of town, ever since the show released.

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Here's everything you need to know about Sima Taparia who is going viral right now.

We may call the show toxic, but we have all seen parents setting us up on those professional websites for marriaze

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Sima feels her matchmaking works due to many failures of love-marriages. Sima says nowadays parents and even the candidate prefer arrange marriage, sometimes with horoscope matching.

Who is Sima Taparia?

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"I¡¯m Sima Taparia. I¡¯m Mumbai¡¯s top matchmaker", is how fans and haters of the 'Indian Matchmaking' are talking to each other now. Sima Taparia is a marriage consultant living in Mumbai (yes in real life).

Her name is known to almost every high profile Marwari family in India as well as in other parts of the world.

How she set up 'Suitable Rishtas' , a marriage bureau in Worli, Mumbai

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Sima was herself married at a young age of 19 to Anup Taparia, industrial group of Mumbai having business interest in hand tools, magnets, textiles, pharmaceuticals and exports. Hence, she had a huge opportunity of meeting the family members and learning new relationships. Now don't we all that one aunty who always has rishtas up her sleeve. Sima was smart to convert that into a business idea.

Sima Taparia had a passion of maintaining and recalling relationships since childhood

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Yes, she has been doing this forever. On her website, it says, "Finding the relation with an unknown person is her passion which she does in minutes. You just have to give your name and place to her and the relationship with her is spelled out in flat 3 minutes."

3 minutes and she can tell you if the potential couple are worth the next step or not. This gift has turned into opportunity to help eligible boys and girls for marriage.

Top 5 things she checks before finalising the 'candidate'

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¡°Marriage isn¡¯t just about two individuals and families coming together but also about fusion of minds where they complement each other¡± She says. Proposals are processed at her end with personal touch and visit.

In high profile families, the parents do not wish to circulate and publish the bio-data or details through websites. They wish to keep it ¡®secret¡¯ till the time the candidate is finalized. Sima sees the lifestyle, likes and dislikes and personal choices which is a big thing to handle. Educated girls do have a say now a days. Her city preference, grooming of boy and freedom is much respected. Similarly, the boys do have their preferences.

All high profile families throng to her for consulting the alliance

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Will you believe if we say, she has overseas clients from USA, UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, South Africa,Nigeria among other countries. As per some online portals, estimates that her services cost $2000 to $5000.

Indian matchmaking is currently streaming on Netflix. While it may seem misogynistic to many, but there is no denying that this system is prevalent in India.