Matrimonials

Seeking very slim, educated match for a very handsome, slim Jat Sikh boy, 28, 5’ 9” innocent divorcee, IT professional. Australian citizen. Please respond with details and photo to mrhs09@yahoo.com

Australian citizen, 36 years old, employed full time, 170cm, non smoker, non drinker, never married, from Baha’i faith, seeks female of Indian background for marriage. Please reply to mills_35@yahoo.com.au

Caring, sincere, slim, youthful looking, male divorcee, Hindu, Indiaborn, 50-year-old Australian citizen, in professional government job, seeks a suitable match. Caste and religion no bar. Looking for caring lady with family values. Call 0416 099 177. Only genuine enquiries please.

Seeking Grooms

Seeking professionally qualified and well settled Sikh boy with strong cultural values and good family background, for slim and good-looking Arora Sikh girl, NZ citizen, 24 / 5’4” B. Business, (pursuing CPA), working in Auckland as financial analyst. Family well settled in Auckland, Sydney. Please send details including recent photos to pkathuria@optusnet.com.au

Seeking alliance for 44-year-old, simple, caring, never married, hardworking Christian orphan lady. She works for a convent school in India and enjoys the simplicities of life. She possesses good family values. Please contact (02) 9832-2056 or email dollysigler@gmail.com

Professional qualified match for 38/165, never married, fair, slim, Punjabi Arora engineer, Aus citizen, doing 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 seek a suitable groom for a lovely 24-year-old, Fijiborn Hindu girl, independent, fair, lovely girl, Australian citizen, professionally qualified currently working in a Australian company. Family well settled in Australia. Seeking a qualified match from suitable 25-29-year-old boys with strong family and cultural values, and good family background. Please email bio data and recent photographs to arieso@rediffmail. com

Averywarm, simple hearted, caring, extremely hardworking, attractive, never married, 40-year-old Christian, seeks groom. Working for a MNC in India. She is very family-oriented with good moral values. She’s a blessing. Please contact 0425 253 501 or email angelina2003@gmail.com

Try talking to your parents and telling them what you value and hold dear. If the traditions they value are not yours, then they should respect that. Perhaps ask your mum what her wedding was like and if she would have changed anything from that special day – chances are her parents also arranged a wedding that was not her style. Although we’d never admit it in public, we’re a lot like our parents! Sometimes just talking to them and trying to see it from their point of view can help everyone. If they don’t listen there’s always the compromise: have two weddings! One lavish Indian style ceremony for them and their friends, and a second one which is more simple and Australian, where you plan everything your way! After all, we have to live in our adopted country and should adopt their customs as well.

I’m beginning to think, some idyllic beach on a romantic island. Just the two of you with a bottle of champagne – sounds nice?

Then perhaps point this out to your family: I’d rather elope than have a big traditional wedding! They’ll come around!

Sydney-based Hindu girl (never married, 36, 160 cm), occasionally non-veg, speaks Hindi, Fiji-born, plans to settle in Australia , completing PhD (mid 2010). Seeking a qualified professional for marriage (35-41, 165+). Caste no bar. Please send details/recent photos to youdee02@yahoo.com

Seeking professionally qualified and well settled match for 34/165cm, slim, fair, beautiful, Australian citizen girl, engineer by profession, working as Project Manager in IT in Melbourne. Girl innocently divorced after brief marriage, no issues. Please respond with complete details to sanjuus@rediffmail.com or 0414 901 508.

Alliance invited for a Sikh girl, (dob June 74/ 5’2”), working in Delhi. Seeking educated Sikh/Punjabi boy. Call brother on 0432 020 068 or 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

Seeking alliance for our 24-year old, 5”4’ beautiful Sikh daughter. She is a Finance professional with strong family values. We are settled in Sydney for many years. Please send your details and photo at kuldeeponly@gmail.com

Fairly predictable musical love triangle

Film London Dreams

Cast Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, Asin Thottumkal, Ranvijay Singh, Aditya Kapoor

Director Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Two friends Arjun and Manu from childhood share a common dream - they both wish to see Manu become a big singing star. Arjun migrates to London with his sullen uncle, runs out of the airport and becomes a rocker almost overnight! Small and very accommodating world.

The sequence where Arjun, now grown into a punk-styled Ajay Devgn sings at Trafalgar Square and within few minutes acquires three band members, could be a self-defining advertisement for opportunities for Asians in Britain.

British soil never seemed more welcoming.

Although Salman Khan playing the wild and warm Manu is allowed to make innumerable digs at the Indian revenge on their old colonisers, London seems to say namastey (hello) most warmly to all the characters in the film.