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Indian Matchmaking: The Aparna Roast


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Indian Matchmaking is Netflix's newest hit and KC and Olivia have something to say about Aparna and her relationship (or lack thereof). We're not here to be dicks - we're here to tell it how it is and sometimes, the truth may hurt #lizzo. This isn't exactly a roast, but more of some pro-tips for Aparna, or any other Aparna out there, that if implemented, could really change the gameeee for them!
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https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a33370336/where-is-aparna-now-indian-matchmaking/
Oprah Mag goes into the deets here: 
Aparna Shewakramani of Indian Matchmaking Doesn't Want to Change for Love: The Netflix star opens up about the truth behind those memes.
Aparna Shewakramani, a 35-year-old lawyer from Houston, is a stand-out cast member of the Netflix show Indian Matchmaking.
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She worked with with Sima Taparia, a Mumbai-based matchmaker, to find love. In an interview with OprahMag.com, Aparna opens up about Indian Matchmaking, her ongoing search for love, and her life as a reluctant Netflix star.
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It's fair to say that Aparna Shewakramani of Netflix's Indian Matchmaking didn't exactly know what she was getting into when, standing in line to board an airplane, she filled out an application to be on a dating show.
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"I saw on Facebook that a friend of a friend had posted the casting. Are you South Asian? Are you looking still for your spouse? And I was like, Well, I am both of those things. I applied in line. Didn't even think about it," Aparna tells OprahMag.com.

Two weeks later, a casting agent got in touch with Aparna. And two years later, that show, Indian Matchmaking, landed on Netflix, rendering Aparna a near-instant internet star.

Since Indian Matchmaking's release, Aparna and her sound bites—instant memes, every single one—have become a major fixture of coverage. She's blatant about her likes (traveling abroad, not needing to see her future husband all the time) and dislikes (beach vacations, spectator sports, children at weddings). While working with matchmaker Simi Taparia, Aparna is similarly unapologetic about her standards and specific desires—men with senses of humor or podcasts need not apply. And when faced with Sima's ever-present suggestion to compromise, change, or contort entirely to find a husband, Aparna has a ready response: She'd rather not, thank you.
Aparna's strong sense of self has garnered her admirers, including fellow Indian Matchmaking cast member Nadia Jagessar, who called her a "boss babe" on Instagram. Similarly, Indian Matchmaking's Ankita Bansal recently expressed a feeling of camaraderie with her co-star. "She reached out to me and was like, 'I loved how you and I are both working toward breaking down a stereotypical South Asian expectation of what women need to sound like in this process,'" Aparna says. But in an unexpected twist—at least for Aparna—it's also rendered her the target of online vitriol and criticism.Essentially, Aparna has become a living litmus test, allowing viewers to evaluate their own beliefs on how a woman should approach the search for a partner. Is she, as Sima implies, a stubborn, picky woman whose high expectations will leave her lonely? Or is she the show's unexpected hero, someone who would rather be true to herself than be instantly likable to suitors? Or, is there some middle ground? The 35-year-old lawyer, who moved to the U.S. from India as a child, tells OprahMag.com that she agreed to Indian Matchmaking for one reason—and it wasn't to be crowned with online notoriety, or to spark debates, or to be an emissary of the arranged marriage process for Netflix viewers.

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