I watched Indian Matchmaking soon after reconnecting with two desi friends my age after a long time. C in single and S is divorced. All three of us have been through the arranged marriage route. C's strategy was to say no to everyone because she was simply not interested in marriage. S had a narrow set of options with family in strong favor of the candidate she married to her great peril. My strategy back in the day was to say No to nothing and see what the universe would say Yes to, In my infinite wisdom, I thought not being an impediment to the natural flow of things would prevent regrettable decisions and lead to a fantastic outcome. I learned at a great cost and a couple of wasted decades of life that I was dead wrong. With all that in the backdrop, it was most illuminating to see the cast of characters in this series. I am going to assume a lot of the show was tailored to play out desi stereotypes - the ubiquitous aunties, the face reader, palm reader, astrologer, pandit wit...
crossings as in traversals, contradictions, counterpoints of the heart though often not..