"Matchmaker matchmaker, make me a match,
find me a find, catch me a catch"
I first heard this in the beautiful film Mrs Doubtfire !! I guess i must be having something to do with this matchmaking business in my past life.. Its fascinating and yet i'm not able to put a finger on it !
An unexpected turn of events today made me change my sunday gym plan and took me to the quiet streets of santacruz east, a place where i've never set foot earlier...We were there to see a Mr Jayendra Sodha..a popular matchmaker who brings people together only for the sheer love for his hobby !! (Mind you, i didnt go for me..just to help out a cousin to get hitched !) He doesnt charge a penny for his services, so i doubted how good he might be !
We took quite a while to locate his distant office, but once we were around, it was easy to locate.. Throngs of people walking in a walking out of this place which was no bigger than a rat-hole !! Every person there seemed incharge, so it was tricky to locate who this Mr Sodha among all of them !
Outside his house, 3 to 4 young guys dressed in formal clothes hung around, body language a little shy and awkward, some almost wondering what there were doing there.. I figured they were the candidates, who probably came along with their parents while the mothers looked through fat albums of prospective
' good looking, well educated, fair with long hair type of gujarati girls'
I wanted to laugh at that site !! but i was feeling so sorry for the boys who were waiting there that i just kept the giggle within !
That place was like an encyclopedia of all the gujaratis across the country... unbelievable...Vaishnavs, lohanas, mehtas, jains, darjis, kapods etc etc etc.. I didnt even know there were so many sub castes among gujjus !! That guy knew every single biodata at the back of his hand and the tip of his tongue !! Lots of Mbs's, graduates, diplomas, single (called "fresh" according to him), lots of people with broken engagements, with divorces !!! I couldnt believe my eyes and the way they went around it !! I was having a ball !!!!!
I always thought there are more girls waiting to be married and very few guys !! I have been proved wrong today.. More guys, less girls ! For sure ....
The energy of that place was amazing.. fascinating.. lots of people there, no space to walk.. i can easily compare it to a crowded first class compartment in the indian trains.. atleast a 100 people in a 1 bedroom hall house ! All of them there with one single intention.. to get their beloved child/ siblin / friend married to a suitor !
They couldnt make enough space for the paper work so created an online site..www.jayendrasodha.com, thankgod for that !! Now the boys wont have to wait in queue ! I am going to visit this website just for the heck of it ! maybe to make myself happy once again, that the suitor that i have, is really the best among the lot ;)
Boys and girls.. if ur reading this blog AND looking for a partner.. give this guys a shot ! I was maha impressed !!
I had the best one day sunday picnic :)
ps : also what made my day was that a lot of parents came up to me to ask if i was one of the girls who was willing to marry !! Havent stopped laughing since !
find me a find, catch me a catch"
I first heard this in the beautiful film Mrs Doubtfire !! I guess i must be having something to do with this matchmaking business in my past life.. Its fascinating and yet i'm not able to put a finger on it !
An unexpected turn of events today made me change my sunday gym plan and took me to the quiet streets of santacruz east, a place where i've never set foot earlier...We were there to see a Mr Jayendra Sodha..a popular matchmaker who brings people together only for the sheer love for his hobby !! (Mind you, i didnt go for me..just to help out a cousin to get hitched !) He doesnt charge a penny for his services, so i doubted how good he might be !
We took quite a while to locate his distant office, but once we were around, it was easy to locate.. Throngs of people walking in a walking out of this place which was no bigger than a rat-hole !! Every person there seemed incharge, so it was tricky to locate who this Mr Sodha among all of them !
Outside his house, 3 to 4 young guys dressed in formal clothes hung around, body language a little shy and awkward, some almost wondering what there were doing there.. I figured they were the candidates, who probably came along with their parents while the mothers looked through fat albums of prospective
' good looking, well educated, fair with long hair type of gujarati girls'
I wanted to laugh at that site !! but i was feeling so sorry for the boys who were waiting there that i just kept the giggle within !
That place was like an encyclopedia of all the gujaratis across the country... unbelievable...Vaishnavs, lohanas, mehtas, jains, darjis, kapods etc etc etc.. I didnt even know there were so many sub castes among gujjus !! That guy knew every single biodata at the back of his hand and the tip of his tongue !! Lots of Mbs's, graduates, diplomas, single (called "fresh" according to him), lots of people with broken engagements, with divorces !!! I couldnt believe my eyes and the way they went around it !! I was having a ball !!!!!
I always thought there are more girls waiting to be married and very few guys !! I have been proved wrong today.. More guys, less girls ! For sure ....
The energy of that place was amazing.. fascinating.. lots of people there, no space to walk.. i can easily compare it to a crowded first class compartment in the indian trains.. atleast a 100 people in a 1 bedroom hall house ! All of them there with one single intention.. to get their beloved child/ siblin / friend married to a suitor !
They couldnt make enough space for the paper work so created an online site..www.jayendrasodha.com, thankgod for that !! Now the boys wont have to wait in queue ! I am going to visit this website just for the heck of it ! maybe to make myself happy once again, that the suitor that i have, is really the best among the lot ;)
Boys and girls.. if ur reading this blog AND looking for a partner.. give this guys a shot ! I was maha impressed !!
I had the best one day sunday picnic :)
ps : also what made my day was that a lot of parents came up to me to ask if i was one of the girls who was willing to marry !! Havent stopped laughing since !
sounds like a fun place..........quite a sunday!!
ReplyDeleteHey Kavyal ....
ReplyDeleteMr Sodha happens to be my Uncle and I have been to this place a few times. Never thought write about it on my blog but I reached your page through Google....
Trust me its an awsome place if you are one of those "Observe, think, and laugh" kind of a person or a stand up comedian looking for a good topic to brag about in a gig.
Mr Sodha is a gem of a person and if you chat with him for a while and understand Gujarati humour you can enjoy that place even more.
You may get surprise to hear that Mr Sodha's Legacy goes back at least 55 - 60 years. Late Senior Mr Sodha used to do it as a social activity. My parents met each other about 30 years back through Senior Mr Sodha.....
Any way .. I am one of the "boys" whos name is listed in the BOOK, and recently on the site. lol!! he he ...
cheers!
Mihir
hey mihir,
ReplyDeleteglad to read your comment :)
its funny and embarassing when someone related to my topic stumbles upon the blog !! but i hold mr sodha in the highest esteem.. must be an amazing man for the kind of work that hes doing !! hats off.. and for u .. well happy bird watching :)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteCan i get his phone number? one of my relative wanted the same.
u can also mail me the same
dharmeshthakkar5@gmail.com
Hi Folks,
ReplyDeleteI had been there the previous Sunday to enroll myself in that 'list'..and came across this blog while browsing for the website... :D
I was awed by the kind of social work Mr. Sodha is doing.. Also his wife assists him full time.. She herself prepares tea and gets it for the ppl there - approx 60 to 70 of them.. Such a selfless couple...
@Kavyal - Most guys come to get married because their parents feel that "once the right age passes finding a match becomes very difficult". And in a way that's right, considering the drastically declining sex ratio in India. Some day you have to find a partner. So better find a partner when many are available for choice rather than to select from a few.
Not everybody zeroes in on a partner by themselves.. And such a forum is necessary to bring all the 'potential' partners together.. :)
God Bless the couple for making couples meet..!
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