https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-57563720But what started off as a private joke between friends was soon all over social media. Once celebrities shared the ad, hundreds began commenting on it and dozens of emails started arriving in the newly-created inbox.
Some wrote in to say her ad was “toxic”, that she “sounded fat” and one said “all feminists are idiots”. One woman was so angry that she threatened that her brother would “throw her off the 78th floor”.
Damyanti pointed out that in India, where 90% of all marriages are still arranged, “everyone wants a well-settled groom. But to see it laid out clearly triggered so many people. They were enraged”.
Sakshi said the ad “seemed to have hurt a lot of egos”.
“You can’t say such things out loud. Men ask for tall, slim beautiful brides all the time, they brag about their wealth, but when the tables are turned, they can’t stomach it. How could a woman set such criteria?”
