Am 09.04.2011 14:06, schrieb Udhay Shankar N:
Udhay (happy parent of one child, a daughter)
Udhay, how much of a "financial burden" do you expect your daughter will be when she comes into marriageable age in, say, 15+ years considering the current sex ratio and considering that the topic will be more prominent in the 2020s?
Wouldn`t you be more worried if your son had difficulties to find a nice, smart, educated, etc. girl-friend / wife? Isn`t dowry a set of exchanges that might one day tip "in favour" for daughters once people start to observe difficultiesin their neighbourhood / kingroupto find wifes? Best, Bernhard -- Dr. Bernhard Krieger Social Anthropologist Rumfordstr. 24 80469 München Tel. +49. (0)176 78 22 21 20
