Matrimony websites adapt to online courting so they can continue to set up potential matches. But how comfortable are millennials with getting to know each other on a screen before they tie the knot?
Every morning in mid-August at 5.30 am on the dot, Varsha Devi woke up, put on some make-up, and found a light-friendly spot to kick off a 6 am Skype call. The 24-year-old in Chandigarh was not prepping for a work call or a reunion with friends, she was video-chatting with a young man living in Singapore to whom her parents and matchmaker introduced her.
The new nature of matchmaking felt disconnected to Varsha, “Which is ironic because at that time the alliance relied solely on digital connection,” she says over the phone. “Though that particular match did not work out, the entire matchmaking process till now has been very digital. I know I’m not the only person in this;…
