Pittsburgh_Patrika_July_2015

The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol. 20, No. 4, July, 2015
Brahmins as wily, crafty and diabolical; and also as the root cause for all
evils in the Tamil society.
In any case, the matrimonial ad read, “Seeking 25-40, well- placed,
animal-loving, vegetarian groom [for a man] (36, 5'11") who
works with an NGO, caste no bar (though Iyer preferred).” This
matrimonial ad from a gay young man from among the tradition-bound
South Indian Brahmins seeking alliance with a gay man, understandably,
went viral. Within a day or two Harrish Iyer, got over 70 proposals.
The Hindustan Times reported (www.tinyurl.com/Gay-Iyed-Wedding-
Ad) Iyer saying, “Most proposals … … were from men from the Iyer
community, given the preference mentioned in the ad... … Proposals had
come from all over world, including from Australia, the UK, the US and
even Saudi Arabia. Apart from Iyers, many Gujaratis and Muslims also
expressed interest… … Some proposals said they were fine with all my
preferences and wanted to marry me, but were meat-eaters. An interesting
proposal came from Abu Dhabi, where a man offered me his palatial
house to live in after marriage.”
Though the ad was radical in every measure, there was also a traditional,
and simultaneously, a very radical Indian twist to this
ad. The full ad reads thus: “Seeking 25-40, well placed, animal-loving,
Radical Marriage... ... Continued on Page 28
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