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"If I have a USA stamp in my passport, I will get one crore dowry.” Needless to say, the guy was not offered a job. I'm lost at this point in the article. Wh

by spudlyo 16y ago

"If I have a USA stamp in my passport, I will get one crore dowry.” Needless to say, the guy was not offered a job. I'm lost at this point in the article. Why wasn't he offered the job, and what is a crore dowry?

k3dz 16y ago
A crore is 10 million (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore)
- sethg 16y ago
  ...and according to coinmill.com, 1 crore Indian rupees is roughly US$220K, or €175K, or £150K. I never realized that my in-laws were so cheap. :-)
  - throw_away 16y ago
    I don't quite understand. Is the guy saying that if he gets his stamp, then he can marry this particular woman whose parents will pay them a 1 crore dowry, but otherwise he can't marry her? or is he saying that if he gets the stamp they can get the 1 crore dowry, but otherwise, he will still marry the same woman, but her parents will gift them less than a 1 crore dowry? or is he talking in the generic sense that if he has the stamp, then he would be elgible to marry an arbitrary, non-specified woman whose parents would pay a 1 crore dowry?
    - luckystrike 16y ago
      He is talking in the generic sense. A person who wants to get 'paid' would marry any gal whose family can cough up that much money.
blahedo 16y ago
> Why wasn't he offered the job Presumably because he now seemed to be interested in the company only for its US connection, and might leave once he had his passport stamp. > what is a crore* dowry?* A lot of money: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore
ahk 16y ago
Expecting a dowry is indicative of an atavistic belief system. Doesn't usually go well with an ability to work or perform in a modern environment.
sree_nair 16y ago
Dowry is a deeply rooted cultural custom in some regions India where the Bride's father/family has to pay a heavy sum of money to the bridegroom or family in order for the marriage to take place. Now, I hear you ask : "Why do they need to pay?. can't she marry someone else?". It's difficult to explain. But I will try. Love-Marriage (Name for the "not arraged by families" marriage) is still a No-No in india. Which means your parents finds a girl/guy for you. Also,you are supposed to find a bride/bride groom from the same relegion-caste you are from. So, if everyone expects dowry in your relegion/caste,you end up with no other option but to pay the money to get your girl married. Now the amount of Dowry varies according to the bride grooms family status & of course the qualification and job of the bride groom. If the bride groom has moved outside india, specially to US or UK, the dowry paied increases considerably, as it's considered a socially prestegious thing and he is considered a winner in Life. Hence the Guy in question asking to be sent to US. And "Crore" is a word used to denote 10 million Indian Rupees.
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- kksm19820117 16y ago
  Love-Marriage (Name for the "not arraged by families" marriage) is still a No-No in some parts of india. Corrected that for you.
kksm19820117 16y ago
I recall one fellow from Gujarat I met at engineering college who was in it because the degree would earn him a better dowry. He explained it thus: 1. If you have a B.E. degree, you get a INR 2000000 dowry alongwith a 800cc Maruti Suzuki automobile. 2. If you have a MBA degree, you get a INR 3500000 dowry, alongwith a Maruti Suzuki Esteem, or a Tata Indica. 3. If you have a M.D degree, you get a INR 5000000 dowry, alongwith a Maruti Suzuki Esteem / Tata Indica, and a furnished apartment. 4. If you have completed IAS school, you get a INR 7500000 dowry, alongwith a luxury car, and a rowhouse/bungalow. Apparently, the way the parents reason when it comes to sending their kid to college is: if sending him to college costs me such and such, what will the returns on such an investment be?

by spudlyo 16y ago

k3dz 16y ago

A crore is 10 million (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore)

sethg 16y ago
...and according to coinmill.com, 1 crore Indian rupees is roughly US$220K, or €175K, or £150K. I never realized that my in-laws were so cheap. :-)
- throw_away 16y ago
  I don't quite understand. Is the guy saying that if he gets his stamp, then he can marry this particular woman whose parents will pay them a 1 crore dowry, but otherwise he can't marry her? or is he saying that if he gets the stamp they can get the 1 crore dowry, but otherwise, he will still marry the same woman, but her parents will gift them less than a 1 crore dowry? or is he talking in the generic sense that if he has the stamp, then he would be elgible to marry an arbitrary, non-specified woman whose parents would pay a 1 crore dowry?
  - luckystrike 16y ago
    He is talking in the generic sense. A person who wants to get 'paid' would marry any gal whose family can cough up that much money.

blahedo 16y ago

> Why wasn't he offered the job Presumably because he now seemed to be interested in the company only for its US connection, and might leave once he had his passport stamp. > what is a crore* dowry?* A lot of money: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore

ahk 16y ago

Expecting a dowry is indicative of an atavistic belief system. Doesn't usually go well with an ability to work or perform in a modern environment.

sree_nair 16y ago

Dowry is a deeply rooted cultural custom in some regions India where the Bride's father/family has to pay a heavy sum of money to the bridegroom or family in order for the marriage to take place. Now, I hear you ask : "Why do they need to pay?. can't she marry someone else?". It's difficult to explain. But I will try. Love-Marriage (Name for the "not arraged by families" marriage) is still a No-No in india. Which means your parents finds a girl/guy for you. Also,you are supposed to find a bride/bride groom from the same relegion-caste you are from. So, if everyone expects dowry in your relegion/caste,you end up with no other option but to pay the money to get your girl married. Now the amount of Dowry varies according to the bride grooms family status & of course the qualification and job of the bride groom. If the bride groom has moved outside india, specially to US or UK, the dowry paied increases considerably, as it's considered a socially prestegious thing and he is considered a winner in Life. Hence the Guy in question asking to be sent to US. And "Crore" is a word used to denote 10 million Indian Rupees.

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kksm19820117 16y ago
Love-Marriage (Name for the "not arraged by families" marriage) is still a No-No in some parts of india. Corrected that for you.

kksm19820117 16y ago

I recall one fellow from Gujarat I met at engineering college who was in it because the degree would earn him a better dowry. He explained it thus: 1. If you have a B.E. degree, you get a INR 2000000 dowry alongwith a 800cc Maruti Suzuki automobile. 2. If you have a MBA degree, you get a INR 3500000 dowry, alongwith a Maruti Suzuki Esteem, or a Tata Indica. 3. If you have a M.D degree, you get a INR 5000000 dowry, alongwith a Maruti Suzuki Esteem / Tata Indica, and a furnished apartment. 4. If you have completed IAS school, you get a INR 7500000 dowry, alongwith a luxury car, and a rowhouse/bungalow. Apparently, the way the parents reason when it comes to sending their kid to college is: if sending him to college costs me such and such, what will the returns on such an investment be?