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Jasdeep, 29
Melbourne · Civil engineer
- Sikh
- Vegetarian
- Born here
Matches 7 of 7 of your preferences
For women · free, always
Free for women. Every part of it.
Not a free tier with the good parts locked. Searching, photos, interests, messages and calls, all of it. You choose who can find you, your photos stay hidden until you approve someone, and there is no membership anyone can buy that reveals your number.
This is how you appear to men until you say yes
Your search
SampleApproved men who match your preferences. Newest first. Women whose preferences you match, and who chose to be found. Newest first.
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Amrit, 30
Melbourne · GP
- Sikh
- Punjabi
- Citizen
Matches 6 of 7 of your preferences
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Gurpreet, 31
Melbourne · Electrician, own business
- Sikh
- Vegetarian
- Grew up here
Matches 5 of 7 of your preferences
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Manveer, 29
Melbourne · Data analyst
- Sikh
- Punjabi
- PR
Matches 7 of 7 of your preferences
Photos, private
Simran, 26
Melbourne · Physiotherapist
- Sikh
- Vegetarian
- Citizen
Matches 7 of 7 of your preferences
Photos, private
Harleen, 27
Melbourne · Pharmacist
- Sikh
- Punjabi
- Grew up here
Matches 6 of 7 of your preferences
Photos, private
Navjot, 28
Melbourne · Primary teacher
- Sikh
- Vegetarian
- PR
Matches 5 of 7 of your preferences
Photos, private
Jasleen, 29
Melbourne · Accountant
- Sikh
- Punjabi
- Born here
Matches 7 of 7 of your preferences
A person read every profile here before it went live. You see his photos; he sees yours only after you approve him. Your phone and email are never shown to anyone. Photos appear when she approves your request. Every interest you send carries a note you wrote, so make it count. Her contact details are never shown; she shares them if she wants to.
Structural, not promised
Three things you will never get here.
Every other platform puts privacy on a policy page. We took the three things that drive women away and built the product so they cannot happen.
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A public profile
There is no public profile page for anyone, and nobody can search until a person here has read and approved their profile. You choose who can find you at all; by default it is only men who match your preferences. Your cousin cannot stumble on you here.
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A firehose
Every interest has to carry a note he wrote by hand, at least forty characters of it, so nobody can bulk-send. Men outside your preferences cannot find you at all. And you can hide completely, for as long as you like, without deleting anything.
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A bill to use it
Searching, photos, interests, messages and calls are free for women, permanently. We will never charge you to hide your own photographs. A matchmaker is a separate service, and most women never need one.
Your matchmaker
Someone in your corner who is not in your circle.
Search yourself, or let her do it; she is free either way. The fear that stops most women joining anything is simple: someone will find out. So the person who knows your file is deliberately someone who will never be at the same wedding.
- A woman from the community
- She has done this for her own cousins and friends for years. Now she is paid to do it properly, for you.
- Never from your city
- Melbourne members are looked after from Auckland and Sydney, and the other way round. She will not run into you at a wedding.
- Bound in writing
- Every matchmaker signs a confidentiality agreement before she sees a single file, and every time she opens yours it is logged.
- Yours to change
- Ask for a different matchmaker at any time. You do not have to give a reason.
- If she recognises you
- She hands your file to a colleague the same day, and tells you she has done it.
How it works for you
Three steps, none of them a form.
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Join in two minutes
First name, city, email. No photos needed to start. When you do add them, they are private by default and stay that way.
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Choose who can find you
All approved men, only men who match your preferences, or nobody but your matchmaker. The default is preferences-only. Change it whenever you like.
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Search, or be found
Search approved men yourself and see his photo before he sees yours. Or let the interests come to you, each one carrying something he had to write. Say no and he is never told you looked.
Family
Your family, on your terms.
Most of us want our parents involved and none of us want them running the search. You decide what they see, and when.
- Family View
- A read-only page you can send your mother on WhatsApp. She needs no account and no app. It never shows your phone number or email, your photo is a separate choice, and you can switch the link off whenever you like.
- A link you can take back
- Change your mind and you can replace the link in one tap. The old one stops working immediately, including any copy already forwarded.
- Nothing behind your back
- Nobody, including family, can create or run a profile for you. Your account exists only because you made it.
A note from the founder
I spent six months on a paid plan on the biggest matrimonial site in the world, searching honestly for someone to marry from here. I found roughly ten men for every woman, a paid plan that produced nothing, and a fake profile I could make in minutes.
Rishta is what I wished had existed: women free with nothing held back, photos hidden until she says yes, every profile read by a person before it goes live, every interest written by hand, no phone numbers on the page, and a matchmaker who is never from your own town. I built it because I am looking too.
Founder, Auckland · Read the research
Delete means delete. One tap removes your profile, your photos and your conversations. We keep nothing, and you will never get a “we miss you” email.
Questions women ask us
Can men browse me?
Only the ones you allow. By default, only men who match your stated preferences can find you at all — the rest cannot see you and so cannot write to you. You can open that up, or close it to matchmaker-only, at any time.
Do men see my name?
First name only. Your surname, your phone number and your email are never shown to anyone, at any membership level.
Do I have to upload photos?
No. You can join and receive interests without any, and your profile shows your initial instead. When you do add photos, each man sees them only after you have said yes to him specifically.
Does anybody check who these men are?
A person reads every profile before it goes live, and nobody can search or be found until theirs has passed. Men can also add an identity check — passport or licence plus a live face match — which puts a verified badge on their profile. It is optional, so look for the badge.
What happens when someone enlarges my photo?
It carries their own member number across it, not yours. If a picture of you turns up somewhere it should not be, the number on it says who took it.
Can I disappear for a while?
Yes. Hide your profile and nobody can find you, open you or write to you, and nothing is deleted. While you are hidden you cannot browse either — it is a pause, not a one-way mirror. Conversations you have already accepted carry on.
Is it really free?
Searching, your photos, interests, messages and calls are free for women forever, with no upgrade prompt. Men pay for exactly the same things. What costs money for everyone is a matchmaker working your file, because that is a person’s time rather than a feature we could switch on.
What can my parents see?
Your Family View page, if you switch it on: your profile as you wrote it, with no contact details, and your photo only if you chose to include it. They cannot log in as you and they cannot reply to anyone for you.
Join free.
Melbourne and Auckland first. Leave your email and we will tell you the moment your city opens. Nobody sees anything until you decide.
You’re on the list.
We’ll email you once, when we open in your city. If you left a number, a matchmaker — never someone from your own city — will call to introduce herself.