BHAVA NOTES
Notes on the matrimonial tradition.
Essays, guides, and reflections on Vedic compatibility, modern family-aware matchmaking, and the cultural ground beneath Bhava — written for the global Indian community.
What is Ashtakoota Milan? The 8 dimensions of Vedic compatibility, explained.
A complete guide to the matrimonial framework that has shaped Indian marriages for over a thousand years — what it actually measures, why the 36-point score matters, and how Bhava computes it between two specific people.
The Indian biodata: a complete guide to the format that has shaped matrimonial introductions for a century.
The one-page document at the centre of Indian arranged marriage — what each section actually carries, how families read it, and why Bhava reads the same fields directly from a biodata PDF.
Founder Concierge: why I'm personally curating introductions for the first 100 Members.
A note from the founder on why Bhava's first 100 Members will receive one introduction each Sunday, curated personally by me — and why this is the right product shape for the first 100, not a marketing gimmick.
A father's first login: a guide for dads on Bhava.
What it actually looks like when a father joins his daughter or son's matrimonial app, what the family-curator role gives you, and what it deliberately does not.
Why South Asian dating apps still feel like 2008.
An essay on the structural problems with current South Asian dating-app design — what every category leader gets wrong, why they cannot fix it without reorienting their core, and what a 2026-native matrimonial app would actually look like.
Manglik dosh, explained: what it actually means, when it matters, and the standard remedies.
A clear-eyed guide to one of the most-discussed and least-understood aspects of Vedic compatibility — what manglik is, how it is calculated, what marriages between manglik partners actually look like, and the standard remedies.
How 200 second-generation Indians actually met their spouses.
A self-conducted survey of 200 married members of the Indian diaspora across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and the UAE — the pathways their marriages took, the role family played, and what the data tells us about the matrimonial gap Bhava is built into.
Gotra in 2026: why it still matters and how Bhava handles it.
A guide to the patrilineal-lineage concept central to traditional Hindu matchmaking — what gotra actually identifies, why families still ask about it, and how Bhava records and uses it.
Bhava on Android: notes from a founder on shipping for both.
A founder's note on Bhava's Android beta — why it is launching now, how it differs from the iOS app, and the diaspora-specific reasons Android matters for the matrimonial product.
Being a parent on a matrimonial app: a 10-point guide.
A practical guide for parents who are family curators on Bhava — what works, what backfires, how to write notes that help, and how to participate in your child's matrimonial journey without taking it over.
BHAVA NOTES
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