A match but no flame: Why Sima Aunty is a success only on screen

Indian Matchmaking should be retitled Indian MatchNotMaking, given the near-total failure rate of Sima Taparia

I don’t know about you but I sometimes feel that Indian Matchmaking should be retitled Indian MatchNotMaking. Given the near-total failure rate of Sima Aunty (or Sima from Mumbai as she invariably, and cringemakingly, introduces herself) in actually arranging matches for her clients, that would be a more accurate descriptor.

When a divorcee called Priya says that hair is very important for her and that she likes a man bun, Sima Aunty produces a -- wait for this -- bald man for her delectation

The one match that looks like it might end in marriage is one that Sima Aunty has not arranged