Wednesday 27 February 2008

The Kerala grooms trade

Indrani Ghose commented that we are back to slave trade and that brought to my mind the human trading that still exists....The trading of grooms... In Kerala,I think a doctor (with specialization and not MBBS) still fetches the highest price. The only reason why some are willing to spend half a crore or more to secure admission to a medical college. But in the Middle East it works the other way round. The groom needs to pay for the bride...More...