Check out this link;
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/03/19/stories/2006031900080300.htm
It is really disturbing to see that in one way or another this social evil manages to survive in our society.
WHy do people spend so much on the wedding preparations if they can ill afford it? they prefer going bankrupt rather than bring down their family pride...
i am from the state of Kerala in India and its actually a torture for me to attend the final wedding day ceremonies. as it is the day when the girl arrives on the scene decked from head to toe in Gold ( Believe me there are at least ten layers of them ...and they are really heavy...)
moreover , i have to keep smiling ... to all the uncles and aunts who very proudly proclaim that i will be decked in a similar fashion on my wedding day.....
Yeah right !!!! on my dead body!!!
I thank God every day that my parents have moved on from those silly notions of ostentatious display of family fortunes...
i always wonder if those girls( which include all my cousin sisters who have got married) dont feel like sacrificial goats on their wedding day...but of course that would be an extreme comment... i meant no offence...But i can't help it....maybe they do their thinking on some other plane...
i have asked them too if they really like it...most actually dont mind it...though they can't give one good reason why they like it except that it makes their family happy...
