Matrimonial ad: Bride’s shocking demand goes viral

The pace of modernisation has brought drastic changes in the way people think, express and react. The new generation is well aware of its preferences and the ways to present it.

The pace of modernisation has brought drastic changes in the way people think, express and react. The new generation is well aware of its preferences and the ways to present it. Nowadays people don’t back out from expressing their requirements precisely. Likewise a bride denied proposals from any software engineer in her advertisement which has gone viral in the internet.

In this digital era most of the young generation is seeking life partner either through various matrimonial sites or opt for love marriage. However some people still rely upon old methods like newspapers advertisement to approach prospective matches. Surprisingly one such piece of advertisement has gone viral in social media due a peculiar demand of the bride who published the advertisement.

This unique advertisement begins with the description of the bride. It is first mentioned that the bride belongs to Hindu Pillai NV following by her fair and beautiful appearance. She has pursued a degree in MBA and hails from a rich business family. Next she describes about what kind of groom she desires.

 According to the advertisement, the groom should be either an IAS/IPS officer or a working doctor with post graduate degree. Apart from this Businessmen and Industrialists are also welcomed. Like every other family in India this family has also asked for a groom belonging to the same caste. After this the advertisement takes a shocking turn by mentioning a special requirement which says “Software engineers kindly do not call”.

A picture of this column is posted from an id namely @Iamsamirarora on twitter after which it is being widely circulated among the public. Different people had reacted to the post in different manner. Someone has commented “Future of IT doesn’t seem good”. Another one sarcastically commented that “Nowadays software engineer seek everything online. So this advertisement should not worry about them as they are not going to read this newspaper”.