I am sure all of you/us would have given a thought about a perfect soul-mate. It’s perfectly normal to do so. [No tealie! This ain't a post targeting you!]
The process of matrimony, like any other domestic process, has also become computerized (to an extent) now although the commitment called Life still hasn’t!
OK! OK! I’ll cut down on the abstractness!
There are popular matrimony sites like BharatMatrimony, SimplyMarry, Shaadi and all. The thing with these sites is that one needs to register for an account, has to give all account details including a photo and has to scavenge for other accounts based on tags such as caste, religion, language etc.
[I know it sounds a lot similar to what people do on Orkut! oh! PSP! We could use more gyan here!]
The problem with such services is that all your profile details are pretty much vulnerable to the outside world. I’m sure anyone would feel insecure giving out personal details on the Internet to find a life partner. There is a chance that such details are misused.
I had just come across this site called SirfCoffee. It’s a very interesting idea. All you have to do is register just like on any other site. The advantage here is that you don’t have a ‘public’ profile like in other services. Instead, the service provider maintains your profile privately and handpicks people who might suit you by carefully reading through your profile. This way your privacy is also maintained and the chances of you getting a perfect-match are more. It doesn’t stop there. The service provider also arranges for a coffee date between the two people. But, you have to take it from there on. 
I liked the idea instantly. But then, this cannot be scaled up to a large extent as it wouldn’t be possible to hand-process applications beyond a certain number of applicants. You can find more details on the service including a good explanation of the various phases of the service on the website.
Yours Skeptically,
uleadin
P.S. I didn’t go searching for my soul-mate. Vijay just tweeted the URL and I casually visited thinking it was another version of the Open Coffee Club.
Uh.. such sites thrive on the inability of people to find good matches for themselves
@Arun:
who cares?! if they can find you a better match than what you can even think of finding by yourself, won’t you take that match?
I second Arun’s comment . .. it is sad really, people are lazy to the point of picking life partners at the click of a mouse button. And thanks for the damage!!!
wat u intend to tell is these people do a pretty god uncle’s job…
@CSrinath:
ada paavi! pervert! This is divine matrimony!
@teal:
damage laam illa. the first person I thought of when I completed this post was you! I added that line after finishing off the entire post!
Since all my comments giving an opinion are being deleted by Prashanth, my comment is:
“Hello. Nice blog. Keep rocking.”
Bloody hell.
@Sundar:
thu!
@ sundar
lol