Biodata for a girl: a calm guide for parents

Making your daughter's biodata is a family moment. It should show her as she is: capable, warm and herself, and it should keep her privacy safe.

Involve her from the start

The best biodatas are made with the daughter, not just for her. Ask her what she wants to say about her work, her interests and the life she hopes for. She will be the one meeting families, so the biodata should sound like her.

What to include

Describing her well

Talk about what she does and values. "She leads a team of five at a design studio and volunteers with a reading programme on Sundays" is better than "She is beautiful and homely."

Please avoid lines about complexion or weight. They are not needed, and good families do not look for them.

Privacy first

A biodata often travels further than you expect: from one relative to another, across WhatsApp groups.

• Share the phone number of a parent, not your daughter's personal number, at first.
• Consider sharing the home address only after you have spoken to a family.
• If you use a live link, you can hide phone and address until someone asks.

Horoscope details

If your family uses kundli matching, include rashi, nakshatra and manglik status, or the exact birth time and place so it can be calculated. If birth time is not known, say so honestly.