Atoot Rishta

Atoot Rishta is a small setup located at Shop No 1, Sector 1, inside the Bhel Shopping Centre in Haridwar. We’ve been sitting in this shop for quite some time now, and it’s mostly filled with stacks of files and registers. People come to us when they are looking for a match for their kids or themselves, and it’s a lot of sitting down and talking over tea. The shopping center is a familiar spot for everyone in Sector 1, so it’s easy to find us. It’s not a very fancy office; just some chairs and a desk where we listen to what families are looking for. Haridwar is the kind of place where these things still happen through personal talk and trust. We spend our days going through profiles and trying to see who might get along with whom. Sometimes it’s a bit stressful because marriage is a big deal, and parents are often worried when they walk in. We don’t promise any magic, we just do the work of connecting people and hoping for the best. The shop gets a bit cramped when too many people show up at once, but we manage. Most of our day is spent on the phone or meeting new people who’ve heard about us from a neighbor. It’s a very human kind of work, dealing with people’s hopes and their family lives right here in the Bhel area. We’ve seen many families come and go through these doors.