People seem to forget that India has a HUGE gender imbalance.
"Men outnumber women by 70 million in China and India." - Post Magazine
If you've ever made an account on the question and answer site Quora, which is like Yahoo Answers, if you are a woman, you will be inundated with messages from Indian men looking for love. It is so common, despite it not being a dating site, and writing "I'm married" as my bio does nothing to stop the messages. The guys are desperate and thanks to globalism, speak English.
Sumit is lonely and doesn't have a lot of romantic options. Jenny, as a broke, immature, elderly woman, definitely doesn't have romantic options.