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‘Indian Matchmaking’ Gets Emmy Nomination & People Wonder What The Jurors Were Smoking


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Unlike Indian award functions, certain international awards actually do have some credence. Or so we thought. 

Now though, it is really hard to believe that award ceremonies like the Academy Awards or the Emmys are sacrosanct.

‘Indian Matchmaking’ Lands Emmy Nomination © Netflix

The reason we say this, is of course, because of Indian Matchmaking’s Emmy nomination. 

‘Indian Matchmaking’ Lands Emmy Nomination © Netflix

When the show was released, we all had fun at its expense, and just how ridiculous it made most of the participants look. Yes, there were a few strong characters, but even they were made to look ridiculous.

As the fervour of the show settled down, and the memes around “Sima Taparia from Mumbai” subsided, we took a good hard look at it, and saw, just how problematic the show was.

‘Indian Matchmaking’ Lands Emmy Nomination © Netflix

First of all, there is the entire concept of matchmaking and the business of it, of how things go about. Keeping the obvious issues with agency and personhood aside for a moment, there were several other issues, that the show seemed to be promoting, no matter what the makers of the show, or Sima herself say.

‘Indian Matchmaking’ Lands Emmy Nomination © Netflix

The obsession with fair skin, the lack of diversity in terms of religion and sexual orientation - the show was presented in a way that seemed to normalise all that.

And then, there is the problem of the west gaze, or particularly, the “white gaze.” This was a show that was made by the diaspora of India, for an American and a diasporic audience, that peddled Indians. 

Netflix India wasn’t involved in the making of the show. Had they been involved, there would have been some chance of the show not showing the stereotypical idea of South Asian marriages - that they are always arranged in nature. 

You have to ask yourself, who is the show meant for, and who is it targeting? 

‘Indian Matchmaking’ Lands Emmy Nomination © Netflix

Make no mistake about this - the show and the Western people watching it, is like a group of American tourists, coming to India and visiting the Taj Mahal, the Ashrams at Rishikesh, and the crowded markets of Old Delhi, and then claiming, “This is India in a nutshell,” all the while saying just how “spiritually enriching” the experience has been for them. The larger picture is nonexistent for them.

‘Indian Matchmaking’ Lands Emmy Nomination © Netflix

The nomination comes as a surprise, even more, when we consider the fact that shows like Made In Heaven & Delhi Crime, were nominated last year. 

Even a show like Four More Shots getting a nomination in the comedy category made some sense.

‘Indian Matchmaking’ Lands Emmy Nomination © Prime Video

And let’s not forget, that Indian Matchmaking, at the end of everything, was a cringe-fest, that certainly did not deserve your time. 

If someone says it did, they surely were categorising it under “shows that are so bad, that you have to watch them to believe they exist.”


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