now the dynamics of arranged marriages have changed or so wed like to think there are women whove given the prospective grooms a whiff of the jail room even as they were fantasizing a trip to the bedroom instead the woman with her chai ki tray has morphed into a different being never mind the balaji serials in her place you have a woman who gives it as good as she gets and sometimes much before she gets there may be women who still go through the coyactand thedownwardgaze motions but oh oh oh the tide is turningso heres us the imaginary busybody fly on the wall in a room where an arranged marriage rigmarole is under way its the first meeting and this is how it goes sorry men this is a fun piece written by a woman so weve kept you at the receiving end but its also true that when the boymeetsgirl thing happens the guy is already imagining her as the mother of his sons whereas the girl is thinking no way this guy cuts it for me yes yes the usual marsvenus conundrum but we suggest you take our total random convo a little seriously because who knows if fiction plays out as reality boy scout motto be preparedscenethe girl and the guy have been asked by the two sets of parents to check each other out and have a talkprospective groom sizing her up pg so how tall are youprospective bride stands up pb here i am as tall as i stand from my head to toepg no i meant in feet and inchespb enjoying it why just feet when i am also two hands and one headpg showing signs of exasperation hahahaha never mind so tell me can you cookpb now are you really that hungrypg god no i mean how good are you in the kitchenpb oh thats asking thats a pretty unusual place to do itid say you seem to be the adventurous sortpg ready to tear his hair out you are pretty unconventional i can see tell me do you wear short and revealing clothes indian women look prettiest in traditional clothespb short and revealing har har sounds like a film plot or a story line well i look equally pretty in all kinds of clothes your research sample size must have been definitely flawedpg wanting an escape route now you must be the smoking and drinking kindspb thoroughly enjoying herself together would be tough manpb so how many more questions to go are you always this well preparedpg a bit tonguetied i dont know how to ask this but um um um are you a um virginpb eyes wide and totally unabashed why is that bloke richard branson still looking for mepg cursing his folks for this meeting and on the verge of giving up i am quite sure you must be having boyfriendspb was that a wild guess or did one of them give you the directions