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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1980
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United Press International
PW DELHI, India — They are
y all “attractive.’ They have
atish” and “fair” complexions.
are even “really beautiful.’
irs admit they are “plain” or
ely” but boast they are “sober”
ard-working. ”
le descriptions apply equally to
and female and they are all to
wnd in one of India’s great mar-
markets — the Sunday edition
|e Hindustan Times,
aerab tyeiy week the matrimonial col-
; ten nis in the newspaper’s classified
avid paction list the appeals of hun-
t -ed- if not thousands, of men and
bmen looking for marriage part-
5rs.
Hiey make for fascinating reading,
or example:
BVanted — suitable match for
heady iijgraduate girl, 24 years, wheatish
ipicbjimplexion, attractive features, 155
trip.
USSR airline
to fly athletes
United Press International
MEXICO CITY —The Soviet Un
ion’s national airline will help trans
port athletes from “poor” countries
to the summer Olympic Games in
Moscow in an apparent attempt to
counter the U.S. sponsored boycott
of the games.
Mario Vazquez Rana, president of
the Mexican Olympic Committee,
said Monday the Soviet Union’s
Aeroflot Airline agreed to help trans
port the athletes.
All the details were not clear.
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ave Nit i decent marriage. ”
Belongs to family of doctors,
etty straightforward, you think?
ng-
Mtt, le ;cause the girl is of the Jain reli-
n Smi , she will be a vegetarian. The
m must also be a vegetarian,
U.S, j| skinned or at least “wheatish” in
plexion and taller than 155 cms
ibout 5 feet 1 inch).
■ prospective groom would seize
Elhe word “decent. In marriage
Barlance it means the bride’s pa
ws are willing to pay a dowry —
espite government efforts to stamp
it the practice.
The medical profession reference
ims the daughter’s parents are
4lthy and could be expected to
pnce 100,000 rupees ($12,500) to
[her married.
Slther “decent marriages would
8 1 blve dowry gifts to the groom of
iautomobile, a motor scooter or,
pn poorer parents, a bicycle.
Siere are suits, shoes, a gold ring, a
latch and an umbrella for any groom
S s a matter of course.
Many advertisements note no
owry is available but that the
rould-be bride has other attributes:
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“Trained post-graduate Khatri vir
gin. Greedy sorry,” said one ad,
warning off dowry hunters.
Many men seeking partners also
stress they do not necessarily want to
marry a girl for her money. But they
do have their standards:
“Wanted — suitable match,
around 30, for legally divorced Pun
jabi Arora industrialist. Graduate.
175 cm (about 5 feet 7 inches).
Teetotaler, nonsmoker, good per
sonality. No bars, but only parents of
well-educated, beautiful, unmarried
girls need apply.”
Another advertiser wanted a “real
ly beautiful, slim, smart, convent-
educated bride” as he himself was
“slim, tall (175 cms), educated, very
smart and highly established.”
Other men, more desperate, write
that they have no bar against any
caste, do not seek a dowry and don’t
mind if a prospective bride is a
widow or a divorcee, although one
hedged that “a self-supporting
woman is preferred.”
Ads from parents often stress their
daughters are virgins, and parents of
grooms note their sons are seeking
virgins. One man said he would con
sider even marrying a “virgin
widow.”
The attributes of some girls some
times sound too good to be true:
“Punjabi girl, M.A, 21 years, 153
cms, smart, sweet-tempered, pret
ty, homely, sober, well-versed in
domestic affairs, beautiful, fair and
intelligent.”
Some parents have their own ideas
RUSH
of whom their daughter should mar
ry and of her limitations.
One ad said simply, “Wanted —
bachelor boy of around 40 for simple
Agrawi girl.”
Other parents reported they had
two girls desiring marriage, “one
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