Big but Beautiful

Bridget Jones never put this in writing, but if she had lived in India, her diary would be less about her calorie chart and more about stories like all her cousins getting married while relatives cast her pitying glances.

overweightshaadi.com is a new matrimonial portal for plus-size Indians around the globe

Bridget Jones never put this in writing, but if she had lived in India, her diary would be less about her calorie chart and more about stories like all her cousins getting married while relatives cast her pitying glances. It was while attending a wedding that sisters, Aditi Gupta and Megha Singhal first thought of overweightshaadi.com, an online matrimonial portal for plus-size individuals.

Overweightshaadi is a one of its kind matrimonial website that caters to full-figure adults who no longer want any delays in their search for a suitable match. “Thousands of singletons who want to marry don’t have that skinny thin look that media portrays as an aspiration,” says Singhal, 20, who manages the site.

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Adds Gupta, “I have colleagues and cousins who weren’t getting married because they were overweight. The website helps people with similar issues find each other,” says Gupta, 26, an IT professional who recently moved to Dubai.

Since the launch in October, the site has already had a few success stories. Gaurika Gupta, 28, now settled in Seattle, met her husband Abhishek on this site. “I had registered on many matrimonial sites, but it was here that I finally found my match,” says Gupta, who would qualify as plump, not overweight.

Teacher Dipti Kakkar, 25, met Rajat Jain and their marriage is due in February. The portal offers free registrations and caters to people all around the globe. “So what if you’re not Size Zero. There are other options,” says Gupta.

The RJD’s key face and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav, party supremo Lalu Yadav’s son, will again contest from his stronghold Raghopur.

Amid Mahagathbandhan crisis, RJD unveils list of 143, drops 36 MLAs, focuses on ‘M-Y’

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The RJD, lead player of the Mahagathbandhan, released its full list of 143 candidates for the November Bihar Assembly elections. Its key face Tejashwi Yadav will contest from Raghopur, and 41 sitting MLAs have been renominated. The party has dropped 36 sitting MLAs and fielded young leaders, signaling a bid to consolidate its core Muslim-Yadav vote base. The Congress has fielded 60 candidates.

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