God forbid I react to the article after reading it

Wait they didn’t have them in the US? We’ve had uber shuttles for years in India

What they mean is that there is a deep rooted segregation of men and women. Especially in rural parts of India, where you can get to your mid-20s without interacting with a person from the opposite sex (not from your family i.e.). There are no social settings where you can “meet people” and hence for marriage, arranged is the only way.