Matrimonials

Analyst in Melbourne, Australian citizen. Looking for a well educated, preferably Gujarati girl with family values. Please email with biodata at mayurimodi@ hotmail.com or ring 0400 872 333. Bharat Matrimony id: G549338

Sister-in-law seeking a suitable bride for her handsome Sikh Khatri, clean shaven, 28, 5’9 inch Australian citizen brother-in-law. Business Manager, Melbourne, Masters in Finance Has a perfect mix of east and west cultures. Contact matrimonial.mb@gmail.com

Australian citizen, 27, 168cm, handsome Punjabi Hindu Khatri boy. Masters in Accounting & Finance. Own business. Well established family in Sydney. Seeking good looking and qualified match. Caste no bar. Please contact: 0401057224 or send details with photo to: matriaussyd@gmail.com

Seeking well qualified match from good family background for handsome, well settled Gujarati boy 31, 5’7”. Raised in India, living in Sydney since past 9 years. MBA from Sydney, CPA ongoing. Working with leading FMCG as accountant. Please respond with details and photo. email: kdsydney@gmail.com

Seeking Grooms

Avery warm simple hearted, caring, extremely hardworking, attractive, never married, 40yr old Christian seeks groom. Working for an MNC in India. She is very family-oriented with good moral values. She’s a blessing. Please contact 0425253501 or email angelina2003@ gmail.com

Professional qualified match for 38/165, never married, fair, slim, Punjabi Arora engineer, Australian citizen, in Govt job. Early marriage. Can relocate. Parents well-settled in India. Educated family. Caste no bar. Respond with photo. Contact mr15840@yahoo.co.in

Sister and brother-in-law seeking a suitable groom for a lovely 24 year old Fiji born H,indu girl, independent, fair, lovely girl. Australian citizen, professionally qualified currently working in an Australian company. Family well-settled in Australia. Family seeks a qualified match for suitable 25 to 29 year old boy with strong family, cultural values and good family background. Please email bio data and recent photographs to arieso@rediffmail.com

Sydney-based Hindu girl (never married, 36, 160 cm), occasionally non-veg, speaks Hindi, Fiji-born, plans to settle in Australia, completing PhD (mid2010). Seeking a qualified professional for marriage (35-41, 165+). Caste no bar. Please send details/recent photos: youdee02@yahoo.com.”

Seeking professionally qualified and well settled match for 34/165cm slim fair beautiful engineer, Australian citizen, girl working as Project Manager in IT in Melbourne. Girl innocently divorced after brief marriage, without issue. Please respond with complete details to sanjuus@rediffmail.com or 0414901508.

Alliance invited for a Sikh girl, June 74/ 5’2”, working in Delhi. Seeking educated Sikh/Punjabi boy. Call brother on 0432020068, email: matriprofile08@ gmail.com

Punjabi Arora parents invite wellsettled/ professional match for never married fair slim beautiful 36/ 165, Information Technology professional. Working in MNC. Australian citizen. Status family, caste no bar. Early marriage. Respond with photo. Em: sydgirl09@gmail.com

Dear Auntyji, I have an older brother who thinks he’s a real superstar. He plays cricket for our school’s first team and because of that, but whole family adores him. If only they knew he’s actually a real fool. He bullies me when no one’s watching, teases me all the time and is actually a really mean person. And then my mom tells me to try and “be more like him”. How can I expose him for the badmash he really is?

Dear Good Guy,

Good Guy, Campsie

Your brother does sound a bit like a fool. But then again, so do you. I’m not sure how much older he is, but you sound like a whining little boy. What kind of man runs to a newspaper Agony Aunt instead of fighting his own battles? No, Good Guy – I’m just kidding! Being bullied is no laughing matter, but you need to learn how to stand up for yourself, without “having to expose your brother”. Maybe you could use humour – making funny comments when he teases you, might turn the tables on him and make others laugh at him. When he sees that it doesn’t feel very good, he might reconsider doing it to you.

It’s just a family dynamic that happens when you’re the younger sibling – the older ones tend to pick on you and if you can’t deal with it, you’ll be the odd one out. Find a way to manage your brother’s bullying, which will make him take notice and even respect you. For instance, if you like cricket too, take an interest and start playing backyard cricket with him. Older kids sometimes tease you to get attention, so spending time and getting to know him might stop the bullying and start a good healthy relationship. And if all else fails, take secret cricket lessons so that you can kick his butt in the one thing he’s good at. Making him cry in front of all his friends might not stop the bullying, but it sure will

make you feel better.

Dear Auntyji

I’m having trouble with my younger daughter. She’s just turned 13 and everything I do is “so old” and “like, so embarrassing!” I know that I thought so as well when I was her age, but surely times have changed and kids understand their parents better these days with all the media hype and movies about parents and kids. Surely kids of today are aware more than ever that their parents have experience and that we really care about them. I’m not sure how I can get through to her that when I say “No” there’s usually a reason – I’m not out to get her all the time. Do you have any tips on what I can do to reach through to her and bring her around to seeing things my way?

Locked Out, Edensor Park

Dear Locked Out,

I have a great tip for you: Back. Off. Kids of that age, especially girls, need time to form their own views on the world. You’re right – these days with the media and the movies, kids get to know more about the world they live in than ever before. It can get quite