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GujuratiMatrimony is just one of the many localized marriage websites across India. (Image: screen grab of gujaratimatrimony.com)
The model is familiar to anyone who’s been online dating in the US: you make a series of selections to narrow down your search. The Indian matrimony sites offer countless drop-down menus covering things like eating habits, religion, income, and caste.
The caste system in India is now more about shared commonalities than social standing, says the company CEO, Murugavel Janakiraman. It’s about removing friction in a relationship, simply reducing the chances of two people having uncomfortable differences of opinion. Caste as an indicator of commonality in terms of things such as food, tradition or culture.
Indeed, the higher up India’s social ladder you go, the easier it is to pick and choose which aspects of caste matter to you. In fact, at the very top of the ladder you find a group that’s now able to leave caste behind altogether: the new super-rich, India’s millionaires. More.
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Clio Cresswell says couples who compromise the least tend to have the longest-lasting relationships. She also says that out of 100 possible partners, you’re mathematically likely to make the right choice if you pick the most attractive person who’s left after 37 dates.
Cresswell lectures in math at the University of South Wales in Australia and is the author of “Mathematics and Sex.” In this interview from To the Best of Our Knowledge, she explains how you can use mathematics to aid you in your love life.
“If you picked 12 people, and then choose the next best after that for you — so that could be number 13 or 105 — that will give you an over 75 percent chance of picking someone in the top 10 or 20 percent,” Cresswell said.
