Most of us have naively thought the dot Hindu women on their foreheads for centuries was connected with tradition or religion, but the Indian Embassy has recently revealed the true story.
When a Hindu woman gets married, she brings a dowry into the union. On her wedding night, the husband scratches off the dot to see whether he has won a convenience store, a gas station, a doughnut shop, a taxi cab, or a motel in the United States. If nothing is there, he must remain in India to answer telephones and provide us with Verizon technical support. http://www.bravotv.com/media/imagecache/photo-scaled/photos/realhousewivesofnewjerseyseason4gallerybindis12.jpg
