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The View: Indian Matchmaking
The show’s “Vivacious Vikash” made me write this.
Vivacious Vikash sounds like a great name for someone who truly values his ethnicity and thinks that Christopher Columbus created civilization.
However, people would be surprised how many people embody his persona. A lot of what he says, and faces internal conflicts with, is what I’ve heard from countless men in the past (dating or platonic).
Some desi men, nowadays, operate from a place of fear and scarcity mindset. Who can blame them, when you’ve got a fair-skinned, hot girl sitting in front of you (I’m looking at you, Vinesh)?
The View is a new series where I give my perspective on particular things with a small twist. I stopped watching this show after the second season and watched the third for research purposes.
Note: the show was definitely entertaining, and I enjoyed season 3 much more than the first two. However, I kept wondering, is this a show for some laughs or does it really want to showcase the process of arranged marriage? If it’s for the former, I approve.
Note #2: No, I don’t hate South Asian men and families (I’ve written this surrounding my experiences among that circle), however, many of the behaviors and beliefs stem from a scarcity mindset, and lack of…
