The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol. 20, No. 4, July, 2015Brahmins as wily, crafty and diabolical; and also as the root cause for allevils 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") whoworks with an NGO, caste no bar (though Iyer preferred).” Thismatrimonial ad from a gay young man from among the tradition-boundSouth 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 Iyercommunity, given the preference mentioned in the ad... … Proposals hadcome from all over world, including from Australia, the UK, the US andeven Saudi Arabia. Apart from Iyers, many Gujaratis and Muslims alsoexpressed interest… … Some proposals said they were fine with all mypreferences and wanted to marry me, but were meat-eaters. An interestingproposal came from Abu Dhabi, where a man offered me his palatialhouse 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 thisad. The full ad reads thus: “Seeking 25-40, well placed, animal-loving,Radical Marriage... ... Continued on Page 2822
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