https://bhavapp.com/blog Plain-English guides to Kundali matching (Guna Milan), the 36 gunas, Manglik dosha and gotra, plus advice on dating for marriage, for you and your parents. en-US Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:47:32 GMT https://bhavapp.com/blog/dating-for-marriage-as-an-indian-in-the-us https://bhavapp.com/blog/dating-for-marriage-as-an-indian-in-the-us Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:27:41 GMT You live in the US, or Canada, or the UK. You're dating, and you mean it: you want to marry. Somewhere in the family a question about kundalis is waiting for you. This post is about where that question fits, so it helps you early instead of ambushing you late. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/is-kundali-matching-necessary https://bhavapp.com/blog/is-kundali-matching-necessary Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:01:18 GMT Here is the honest answer first: no. Kundali matching is not necessary for a marriage. People marry without it every day and stay married for fifty years. People can match at 32 out of 36 and still separate. No chart, no score and no app can promise forever. Two people still have to show up for each other, every single day. But that is only half the answer, and it is the half most people already know. The question families are really asking is a different one: should we still do it, and how much weight should it carry? That one deserves a longer reply. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/check-a-rishta-from-whatsapp https://bhavapp.com/blog/check-a-rishta-from-whatsapp Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:01:18 GMT It usually starts with a forwarded photo. A cousin, an aunt, a friend of the family. "Lovely boy, settled, good family. Have a look." A profile follows, sometimes a PDF, sometimes a screenshot. And then the question every Indian family asks before anything else: did you match the Kundalis? This is how to do that properly, what the number means, and how to do it in Bhava if your son or daughter is on it. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/what-is-ashtakoota-milan https://bhavapp.com/blog/what-is-ashtakoota-milan Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:04:22 GMT 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. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/the-matrimonial-profile-complete-guide https://bhavapp.com/blog/the-matrimonial-profile-complete-guide Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:04:22 GMT 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 profile PDF. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/fathers-first-login https://bhavapp.com/blog/fathers-first-login Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:04:22 GMT What it actually looks like when a father joins his daughter or son's matrimonial app, what the parents' view gives you, and what it deliberately does not. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/why-south-asian-dating-apps-still-feel-like-2008 https://bhavapp.com/blog/why-south-asian-dating-apps-still-feel-like-2008 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:04:22 GMT 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. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/manglik-dosh-explained https://bhavapp.com/blog/manglik-dosh-explained Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:04:22 GMT 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. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/how-diaspora-indians-actually-met-their-spouses https://bhavapp.com/blog/how-diaspora-indians-actually-met-their-spouses Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:04:22 GMT 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. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/gotra-in-2026 https://bhavapp.com/blog/gotra-in-2026 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:04:22 GMT 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. Himanshu Batra https://bhavapp.com/blog/being-a-parent-on-a-matrimonial-app https://bhavapp.com/blog/being-a-parent-on-a-matrimonial-app Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:04:22 GMT A practical guide for parents helping on Bhava through the parents' view — what works, what backfires, how to write notes that help, and how to participate in your child's matrimonial journey without taking it over. Himanshu Batra