Girl seeing ritual for weddings in india

I have always wondered why is there a ritual in india for the guy and his family to come and see the girl for selecting her for marriage.. I mean it sounds worse than writing an exam… one might get so bloody nervous… I mean u dress up for the “show” and then the guy comes with his family for the interview…

I guess how much nervous/anxious the guy could be at this point. And I have heard my friends and cousins say that they ask very strange questions…whats your name, how far did ur education take you, do you know how to cook….I have also heard strange things like they make you walk , talk and sometimes even sing… I mean … pathetic…

I was also wondering what would I do in such a situation….but you know what … god had something totally different in store for me… I had to go through a language test…. Lol….My husband wanted to know if I really knew the languages that I had written on my biodata, and so he was very frank about it and asked me to speak in different languages…hahha… it was a lot of fun… in two ways… coz this was something completely unexpected and I knew I was succeeding in my point that I really did know the languages… I mean it was like a virtual first win over my husband…lol… and thank god that all of this conversation was thru the phone.. it was like a phone interview…and so didn’t have much difficulty when he really came to see me in person….

But I guess its high time now that the system changes… I mean girls must also get the privilege to go and see different guys.. and ask them stupid questions and check out their talents…lol…. I just wish the time comes soon …..