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Aishwarya Kapoor

When Gun Milan Gives a Stranger a Higher Compatibility Score Than the Man You Love

The Number That Arrives Before the Person Does

Gun Milan works on a point system. Thirty-six gunas, eight categories, a maximum score of thirty-six. A match above eighteen is considered acceptable. Above twenty-four, good. Above twenty-eight, excellent. The system was designed to assess strangers, two families presenting two people who have never shared a meal, never fought, never had to choose each other on a Tuesday when nothing is going well. The score fills the silence where lived knowledge would otherwise have to go.

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