Posted on 09/11/2015 12:11:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
When Sadhuram Berwal wanted to get married, his family went about it in the traditional Indian way, asking relatives, neighbors and local temple priests to suggest a young woman. But after an extensive search among women of his caste in his area, no suitable bride could be found.
A larger factor had narrowed the field sharply: a skewed male-female ratio that is particularly pronounced in his home state of Haryana, in India's north, due to sex-selective abortions in a society where many families prize boys over girls, mostly for economic reasons.
Through a friend, Berwal eventually found a woman 2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) to the south, in the state of Kerala, who was willing to marry him. But with a different language and profoundly different customs, she was overwhelmed by her new life.
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Berwal eventually found a woman 2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) to the south, in the state of Kerala, who was willing to marry him.
Why, that’s nothing, Barak Soetoro had to travel all the way
to the planet WOOK to find his bride.
China has a larger imbalance than India:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio
Try Nikki Haley. She’s far out in left field.
Why is she?
Afield? Is that the right word? Neighbor, hide those sheep.
Probably has something to do with Asian/Indian fascination with only having sons.
I thought they were supposed to be good at math. /humor
I guess I’ll have to settle for a bride from somewhere else.
I guess I’ll have to settle for a bride from somewhere else.
Isn't the generation in China where the 'one child' policy meant that there were only boys, about to come of age?
YES.
The Chinese consider girls watering someone else’s garden, belonging to that family. China’s one child policy compounded matters, as many people made sure their ONLY child was a son. Where he’d find a wife was irrelevant.
India shares part of that view, as well as a traditional imbalance of girls (vegetarian does this) that made less valuable than boys.
NO WIFE FOR YOU!
Supply and Demand. I’m surprised that parents of the bride haven’t started asking for a dowry from the groom’s parents.
So that gender-based abortion is really working out in India?
China too...
China has a greater imbalance over all, but some areas of India have far more excess men than the average.
Why are you?
How am I?
Somewhat tedious, to be honest.
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