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Thequestion thus is whether family and community pressure is really so intense and suffocating that even the most privileged Savarnas with dynamic, ideological, and assertive personalities break down when confronted by it. When it comes to the internal dialectic of so-called educated and progressive Savarna families, there is clearly some other negotiation happening that needs to be unpacked.

Beyond the photoshoots, film sets masquerading as wedding halls, the dances and the 300-item dining menus, one remembers the inspiring and wholesome partnership between Jotiba Phule and Savitri Phule. They founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in Pune in 1873 as an anti-caste social reform mission. One of the core outputs of this was the Satyashodhak marriage, which continues to be practiced till date largely by anti-caste and Ambedkarite people in the city and elsewhere. In the Satyashodhak marriage, there is no Brahmin priest or obscure Sanskrit verses; the couple stand as equals and take simple vows. There is no kanyadan or similar ceremony, no symbolic witness is required by the Gods, with the marriage being sanctified in the eyes of regular people by the laws of the constitution.

150 years on, the radical marriage of Jotiba and Savitrimai Phule still out-measures any performance of modernity put forward by liberal, elite Savarna culture. The shaadi remains the ultimate barometer for a deeply conservative and exclusionary Savarna social order, an ultimate public performance of pageantry that legitimizes every regressive caste mandate in a gilded, cinematic frame.

For those who are not familiar with the term, a shaadi is a traditional South Asian wedding ceremony, and a mock shaadi is a fun and exciting event that mimics the customs and traditions of a real wedding, but without the actual wedding vows.

Dowry was abolished in India in 1961, so when an X user posted about a dowry calculator, it gained a lot of attention among users. But the calculator, hosted on Anupam Mittal's shaadi.com, has a hidden and powerful message that has struck a chord with people. The calculator asks users "How much dowry are you worth?" It then displays a photo of a professionally dressed man with images of a house, a globe, books and bags of money in the background. You will think it's actually a way to calculate the dowry amount. Well, read on.

Once users click on the 'Calculate Dowry Amount' button, they are taken to a page that reads, "91,202 dowry deaths were reported in India between 2001-2012. Do you still want to know?" It adds, "Is her life worth the price? Let's make India a dowry-free society. Be the change. Make a difference."

It is this message that has led to users praising the initiative. The calculator was shared by X user @DoctorHussain96 who said, "Initially was shocked to see Dowry calculator in Shaadi.com. A segment of the site show users how much they are worth in the 'dowry' stakes. When you enter your details like educational qualification and income, you are in for a surprise."

"Shameful to see that people are still taking dowry in some form or other," commented one user. "Logged in accounts using the calculator should be reported to authorities. All accounts should require a signed affidavit saying they won't accept dowry in any form," said another.

In 1997, we launched the first version called sagaai.com. [Sagaai means engagement in Hindi.] It was an experiment. Our focus was more on the web development piece because that was what was earning the money. We put all that money in this business. In 2001, I quit my job in the U.S. and moved back [to India], and we changed the name to shaadi.com.

India Knowledge at Wharton: Shaadi.com has extended its services to various platforms such as mobile, television and DTH [direct to home satellite television]. How successful have those been?

India Knowledge at Wharton: In the offline space, shaadi.com has launched Shaadi Centers and now has a network of over 100 centers across 87 Indian cities. Why was there need for a brick-and-mortar complement to the online presence?

Mittal: It has to be looked at in the context of what we do. In 2004-2005, every year we used to talk about the inflexion point of the Internet that never really was happening. So we started to think about how we could reach out to people who are technology-phobes, who may never really use a computer and are still responsible for making this decision for their children. We wanted take the advantages of online, which is the reach and the immediacy, and those of offline, which is the trust factor and a relationship, and combine them. That is how we came up with a center model.

India Knowledge at Wharton: You recently launched Angry Brides, an online game modeled on Angry Birds. This has received considerable media attention. What are some other online marketing strategies you plan?

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