A match made in heaven - “Indian matchmaking” in contemporary times

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ID13076512
AuthorsDebjyoti Ghosh (0000-0002-2233-0575, University of Pretoria, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume7
Pages684994-684994
Publication date2022-09-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fsoc.2022.684994
PMID36117887
OpenAlexW4294276771
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited16

The Indian subcontinent is ubiquitous with some social factors such as caste, gender (discrimination), poverty. One particular factor that has taken up the imaginations of the Netflix-watching audience of late is the practice of arranged marriages. A series called Indian Matchmaking catapulted the notion of arranged marriages into the drawing rooms of both people who are highly aware of the notion (probably having been through it themselves), as well as people who have a very vague idea about it. Nevertheless, it has become a highly talked about television show across the Anglophone world. A little before its release, another English-language reality show, What the Love! with Karan Johar was released by Netflix. This explores the world of romantic connections with a few chosen people from India. While placing itself on the opposite side of the spectrum when compared to Indian Matchmaking , in many ways, it lends itself to similar tropes, albeit under a progressive garb. This paper delves into the portrayal of people from India or of Indian origin in the reality shows Indian Matchmaking and What the Love! with Karan Johar . I examine the two shows through the lens of postfeminism and how, while raising several social issues that plague Indian society, both citizens and the diaspora, they inadvertently propagate a certain self-policing and conservatism that people, particularly women, are expected to adhere to

Aesthetics · Art · Buddhism · Caste · Diaspora · Heaven · Hinduism · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Poverty · Romance · Social media · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Religious studies · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Religious Studies

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