' Alliance invited for our only son (29/5'8"), well-settled, working in a MNC from a fair, slim, beautiful, educated, smart homely girl. Please contact 00-000000' - a typical matrimonial classified advertisement that you will find in our newspapers. Looks a normal matrimonial ad except when you look closely through the fine print, that is never written in the ads but always spelt and meant in majority marriage alliances in the country. What's the fine print? Well, the fine print goes like this - a. The girl should be FAIR complexioned, fairer than the whites! No marks on skin and face should be glowing. This is true even if the boy looks as if he has just been to the coal mine. b. The girl should be Slim - she should have a good figure. The out of shape, 'ALL' size wearing boys also want in-shape girls. c. The girl should be Educated but not more than the boy. The girl can be successful, intelligent but not more than the boy. d. The girl sho...
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