{"id":324075,"date":"2021-08-12T13:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T08:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=324075"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T08:43:01","slug":"sima-taparia-set-to-return-with-indian-matchmaking-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/sima-taparia-set-to-return-with-indian-matchmaking-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sima Taparia Set to Return With &#8216;Indian Matchmaking Season 2&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Indian Matchmaking<\/em> premiered on Netflix in July 2020 and dominated the trends for several weeks but for all the wrong reasons. Though viewed widely, the reality show was deemed &#8216;problematic&#8217; and and received a lot of backlash for propagating discrimination based on caste, skin color, and gender stereotypes and bringing out the worst of <em>desi rishta culture<\/em>. However, it is returning with a second season.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix India announced the news yesterday with a picture of Sima aunty, who proudly introduces herself as &#8216;Sima Taparia from Mumbai&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Keep your Biodata ready because Sima aunty is returning with Season 2 of Indian Matchmaking.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t<blockquote  \r\n\t\tclass=\"instagram-media\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CSbd0bgq97P\/\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-version=\"14\" \r\n\t\tstyle=\"max-width:540px; min-width:300px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Indian Matchmaking&#8217; renewed for Season 2<\/h3>\n<p>Mumbai&#8217;s top matchmaker Sima Taparia, will return with &#8216;some familiar faces and new singletons across the globe who have decided that it&#8217;s time to put their love lives in the hands of the expert in the second season, following more clich\u00e9s of the arranged marriage system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflixreality.com\/shows\/indian-matchmaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix Reality<\/a> recently announced a casting call for people over 18 years who live in the US, the UK, Canada, or Ireland and are looking for love.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official synopsis for <strong><em>Indian Matchmaking<\/em><\/strong> from Netflix:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What happens when you&#8217;re ready to meet someone but the dating apps feel superficial and aren&#8217;t yielding the desired results? Meet the single millennials who have decided that it&#8217;s time to revisit methods from the past and look to the experts. Over 8 episodes, elite Indian matchmaker Sima Taparia learns about her clients with painstaking precision \u2014 from interests and ambitions to in-depth astrological readings \u2014 as she guides them towards their perfect match. From Houston to Chicago to Mumbai, these young singles go on sometimes fun, sometimes awkward first dates \u2014 often with their family in tow \u2014 to discover whether these good-on-paper matches can turn into a love that lasts a lifetime.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/indian-matchmaking-tells-us-about-everything-wrong-with-rishta-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Matchmaking Tells Us About Everything Wrong with Rishta Culture<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Matchmaking premiered on Netflix in July 2020 and dominated the trends for several weeks but for all the wrong reasons. Though viewed widely, the reality show was deemed &#8216;problematic&#8217; and and received a lot of backlash for propagating discrimination based on caste, skin color, and gender stereotypes and bringing out the worst of desi rishta culture. However, it is [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/sima-taparia-set-to-return-with-indian-matchmaking-season-2\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":324079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-324075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"The reality show has been deemed 'problematic' but is still renewed for a second season.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Untitled-design-2-7-364x205.png",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Untitled-design-2-7-758x427.png",758,427,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Untitled-design-2-7.png",1000,563,false]},"author_name":"Munazza Mehmood","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"Sima Taparia Set to Return With \u2018Indian Matchmaking Season 2\u2019","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1297&exclude=324075","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324075"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=324075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}