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strange emphasize on the job history of the wife, including her exact title, and the purchase of the luxury car... detracts from the core topic....

mercer 8y ago
What was the core topic to you? Her name is mentioned 34 times in the article and I found it rather nice to have such an important person in this man's life play a central role in the article.
- jordache 8y ago
  about the whole diagnosis and dying process.. >The mother of two boys has been a software engineer for well over a decade with stints at Satyam Computer Services and Accenture. She now works as lead project manager with iNautix, a technology captive centre in Chennai of BNY Mellon Bank in the US. who cares where the wife worked, where she currently works, what her current title is, and what her current company's u.s. association is? Who cares that he bought a Merc B class?
sudhirj 8y ago
It's more a personal profile than a business profile, sort of a short form biography.
justboxing 8y ago
> strange emphasize on the job history of the wife, including her exact title, and the purchase of the luxury car. Having grown up there, I think I can speak to this. Both are very culture specific. Job Titles are prominently mentioned in wedding invitations (esp. in South Indian invitations). My dad's invitation also states his exact title as well as his degree in engineering, incl. the major and minor. I thought that was strange too and do remember asking my dad about it when I was a kid. I think he said something to the effect of "It lets everyone attending the wedding know that I have a good job and will be able to take care of your mother and that she is going into marriage with an educated man making a good salary." The luxury car mention seems to be a more recent cultural / social phenomena. Before the auto makers and loans came to India (think pre-1980s), having a car was a social status / symbol. It signaled to your neighbors that you were doing well in life. This probably doesn't hold true anymore, with the arrival of car loans and several foreign automakers who have dealerships across India. Given that the writer of the story is also east indian, I figured he placed an emphasis on these 2 things...

mercer 8y ago

What was the core topic to you? Her name is mentioned 34 times in the article and I found it rather nice to have such an important person in this man's life play a central role in the article.

jordache 8y ago
about the whole diagnosis and dying process.. >The mother of two boys has been a software engineer for well over a decade with stints at Satyam Computer Services and Accenture. She now works as lead project manager with iNautix, a technology captive centre in Chennai of BNY Mellon Bank in the US. who cares where the wife worked, where she currently works, what her current title is, and what her current company's u.s. association is? Who cares that he bought a Merc B class?

sudhirj 8y ago

It's more a personal profile than a business profile, sort of a short form biography.

justboxing 8y ago

> strange emphasize on the job history of the wife, including her exact title, and the purchase of the luxury car. Having grown up there, I think I can speak to this. Both are very culture specific. Job Titles are prominently mentioned in wedding invitations (esp. in South Indian invitations). My dad's invitation also states his exact title as well as his degree in engineering, incl. the major and minor. I thought that was strange too and do remember asking my dad about it when I was a kid. I think he said something to the effect of "It lets everyone attending the wedding know that I have a good job and will be able to take care of your mother and that she is going into marriage with an educated man making a good salary." The luxury car mention seems to be a more recent cultural / social phenomena. Before the auto makers and loans came to India (think pre-1980s), having a car was a social status / symbol. It signaled to your neighbors that you were doing well in life. This probably doesn't hold true anymore, with the arrival of car loans and several foreign automakers who have dealerships across India. Given that the writer of the story is also east indian, I figured he placed an emphasis on these 2 things...