Marriage rates vary from state to state in India and I think in Bihar the rates are on the higher side.
I'm not talking about the wedding party. I'm talking about the dowry rates.
And dowry does not spare even the poor.
Although dowry is legally banned in India the law is broken 200 per cent.
Like my farm labourer went to Uttar Pradesh to search for a groom for her daughter because there the dowry is less.
But someone suggested going further to Rajasthan if she wanted a groom for free!
So she took a train to Rajasthan and after some searching she did find the groom for free... bilkul muft.
And within days her daughter was married.
The woman labourer returned home to Bihar quite happy.
The happiness lasted for a few months only.
She has not been turning up for work for a few days now.
On inquiry I was told, "Uske beti ko bhoot pakar liya hai. " (A ghost has entered her daughter.....)
"Free ka shaadi aur kaisa hoga? "
I am quite certain Rajasthan mein Old India ka ghost hoga.
New India ka bhoot to Dilli mein rehta hai !
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