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Farmers sell wives after crops fail
Irish Examiner ^
| 9/8/09
| Dielle D’Souza
Posted on 09/08/2009 9:58:33 PM PDT by Nachum
FARMERS in north India are selling their wives to survive, it has been revealed.
Left without money due to failing crops, farmers in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, have reportedly sold their wives to money lenders for 4,000-12,000 rupees (55-170).
The more beautiful the woman, the higher the price, it was claimed.
The deals are allegedly being settled on a legal stamp paper under the heading Vivaha Anubandh (marriage contract).
Most of the women are illiterate and cannot read the "contract".
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.ie ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crops; farmers; sell; wives
Not saying a word.
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:58:34 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
Special discount on this one.
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:01:46 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: libh8er
that’s not a wife..nor is it human.
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:04:09 PM PDT
by
Ancient Drive
(And so I´m leaving ground - I leave the skylines of my life - I plough new lifelines in my skin)
To: Nachum
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:04:26 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: Nachum
They need to marry ones with more mussel to pull the plow faster and longer!
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:05:13 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: Nachum
Sounds like a plan.
To: Ancient Drive
He’d go broke. That’s what he’d do.
To: Ancient Drive
As a muslim, well Churchill said it best:
"The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men."
He'd be all for it.
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:17:50 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 230 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Nachum
The more beautiful the woman, the higher the price, it was claimed.
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
To: Nachum
How much are they getting for them?
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:31:28 PM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(BHO-Aks not what you can do for your country; Aks only what you can do for ME!)
To: Nachum
Is there a secondary market for marriage contracts?
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:33:51 PM PDT
by
eldoradude
(Let's water the tree of liberty with THEIR blood...)
To: matthew fuller
Perhaps we can give them some codepink ladies for free??
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posted on
09/08/2009 11:31:45 PM PDT
by
Beamreach
(what is truth, Jesus Christ is truth, and truth shall set you free!!)
To: Nachum
For a lot of American wives, you have to pay someone to take them off your hands.
Rodney Dangerfield liked this joke. “For example, take my wife, Pleeese”.
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posted on
09/08/2009 11:37:34 PM PDT
by
staytrue
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