Monday, January 09, 2006
dowry woes
My friend is getting married. I have been shopping with him for lot of stuff for the past few weeks, since he is bad with the local language(hindi), and there is a lot of shopping to be done for the new house. At one point when we were shopping for the house, i learned that money for all these things is going to come from the brides house. I think of that as weird, and insulting. But its so ingrained in his society, that if he refuses the offer, the brides family will take that as an insult. Hes also not very happy with this, not because hes finding it insulting or weird, but as he has to be a little conservative with his purchases when someone else is going to get the bill. I hope that some of these guys take strong positions and break these funny customs.
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2 comments:
dint know you had a blog..
i agree with this post. the dowry system is deep-rooted in my locality as well. the days of "100 pavan and maruti car" are long gone. last i heard some software engineers were getting dowries in "kilos" of gold(literally.. i know a guy
who got 1Kg gold as dowry - makes an impact when you say it in kilo -much better than saying 125 pavan). the funny part is that, it is more the girls that are demanding that they be sent away with lots of gold, rather than the grooms asking for it.
but i have made a promise not to fall in this trap. no dowry for me thank you very much. a girl who is obsessed with gold and money is baaaad news....
hey, ethoru rahasya blog aanu :) dont tell others, how did you reach here. happy to see that you agree.
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