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Dating Game Pakistani Style

Snip from links via Popgadget: Using a combination of prime-time TV and the Internet, Shaadi Online has helped arrange dozens of marriages since going on air in Pakistan three years ago, shaking up a conservative Muslim culture in which family networks usually decide...

The important role of the corner bar

Corner bars play a vital role in the fabric of society. Recently a fellow sitting next to me mentioned the PHP scripting language, at which time I promptly looked directly at him and said, “Why not Ruby on Rails?” Within minutes, I come to find out he...

Matchmaking with Janice Spindel

The NY Times Magazine ran a big article (reg req’d) about matchmakers, quoting Janis Spindel extensively. $750 for a 30-minute meeting, $20,000 initiation fees, $250,000 marriage bonuses, what a business model! More than 90 percent of her clients, she claims,...

Billboard advertising

Adrants has a link to a story about an Australian Chinese woman who has spent $5,000 to buy a billboard in Randwick for a month advertising for a husband. She is quite nonchalant about the whole thing, “I’m surprised a lot of people think this is special...