It turns out it was a prank between a brother, a sister and her best friend. Using the email address posted on the ad, the BBC managed to track down the “opinionated feminist” – Sakshi – and her brother Srijan and her best friend Damyanti, who came up with the idea.
“Turning 30 is a milestone, especially because of all the conversation in our society around marriage.
“In the morning, Srijan brought me a copy of the newspaper with the page opened to the matrimonial columns and we had a good laugh.
“You can’t say such things out loud.