'Look at her. She is so cute', my colleague. 'I think she is
fat and of-course she is cute', myself. 'How about this girl?', my colleague.
And power goes off. My laptop shuts. I really need to buy a new battery. 'What
the hell? I am not going to get a girl', bride searching colleague in
matrimonial.
And what the hell are these matrimonial sites? It looks like a government job searching.
Where you say, 'I am interested in this profile'. And they call you based on your
qualities. Then you go to their location. You have an informal interview. And
then you get selected. Great achievement!!!
And sometimes, it looks like online shopping. We know girls
do a shopping lot. It even goes to an extent, where they buy a husband in the
name of dowry. You login, search for grooms. Find quality one. Go to locker,
find the bunch of gold. Give it to the groom. And congratulations, your
transaction is successful!!! The only difference between flipkart/amazon and
matrimonial site is, there is no ‘Online payment mode’ in latter. And yeah, you
have ‘Pay on delivery’ option.
And it doesn’t mean that mistake is on one side. Most of the
girls are not even eligible to talk about dowry issues, when they are ready to
give it. I did see some of my friends, always talk about dowry issues. Why boys
are like these, etc. But when it’s their marriage, their parents are ready to
give dowry. And these girls don’t even try to stop it. Your thoughts are
valuable, only when you follow it. If you don’t follow it, stop talking about
it.
And we do see the dowry system collapsing gradually, which
will be extinct in near feature. Most of the boys and girls in this generation don’t
like to get dowry. Most of my friends don’t like dowry system, but still get/give
dowry just because their parents wants it. Hope in next generation, they won’t
force their children. But for a girl, who thinks dowry is tradition, just think
it’s shopping a good product. And for a boy, who thinks dowry is tradition,
think it’s a well paid job that you are going to take care rest of your life
.
And we have a third category. The people who just do window
shopping!!!
