Novelty and gift stores still keep crystal decorations with ‘25’ embossed on them – and there are people whose marriages last even longer.

How easy is it to find love? It takes serious toiling, is what three couples iTALK spoke with, tell you. Aastha Atray Banan explores the competitive marriage market to find how couples on the fringes are finding love

The world is going gaga over the magical statistics of 36-24-36 and the perfectly chiselled Greek God figure. Those who have it flaunt it and get all the attention while others are conveniently ignored.

Various industry sectors, and not just airlines, are exceedingly growing lenient towards the shapier crowd, preferably the size zeros. While many women skip meals men go a step further and even get their eyebrows done for that ‘perfect’ look. The voluptuous Tollywood heroines are finding themselves replaced by the more svelte women actors.

On one hand, junk food is turning urban India obese. On the other, size zero figures and eight-pack abs are being glamourised everywhere. Where does an overweight person find a partner in this scenario? A recently-launched website has the solution.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) By Sujith Nair - An Indian website promises to deliver king-size romance to millions of overweight men and women in the country, where the plus-sized are often hard-pressed to find a life partner.

At a time when Bollywood is selling the idea of size zero to the Indian woman there's a wedding portal that's trying to be different. Started by two sisters in Delhi, it is telling anyone, anywhere in the world not to be afraid of their weight getting in the way while looking for Mr perfect or Miss perfect.

Health is in! Real beauty is in! Natural is in!

www.overweightshaadi.com is a new matrimonial portal for plus-size Indians around the globe

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