Marriage Online.

(From The Statesman (India))

Online matchmaking can be a cost effective and economical way of finding a suitable life partner, says Avijit Chatterjee Sujata Bhatnagar's high flying job with a multinational bank in Texas left her with little time to chose a life partner on her own. She decided to leave the job to her parents, who tried everything possible to find a suitable groom for their daughter. They advertised in leading newspapers, poured over several matrimonial ads and even consulted the family matchmaker. Then one day, her friends suggested that she try the matrimonial websites and Sujata was hooked within a month.

"It's just amazing how fast it worked. Within a few days of posting my profile on a matrimonial website, I received an interesting e-mail from a guy working as a software engineer in New Jersey. Soon we started exchanging e-mails and chatted long hours on the phone. I fell in love with Amit online before I met him in person," says …