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Two very different stories in the papers.<\/p>\n

This from the DNA<\/strong><\/a> talks about how the price for restoring the hymen – Hymenoplasty – is Rs.20,000\/- and quotes a doctor saying:<\/p>\n

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“Young Gujarati girls turn up with the sole intention of keeping their future in-laws under the illusion that they are virgins,’’….. “I get queries from Indians in the US and Britain. If the practice becomes a trend, we will strike gold,”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And this one from the ToI<\/strong><\/a> talks about how men from Punjab, purchase brides from the North East – they have to look for brides from afar, coz they have systematically murdered the women in their own communities – for Rs.25,000!<\/p>\n

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For, now in its swirling fields play ‘chinky’ children, born of an urgent union between Sikh fathers and north-eastern mothers. These days, due to the unimaginably skewed sex ratios — in Fatehgarh Sahib, for instance, there are just 754 girls for 1,000 boys — Punjabi and Haryanvi men scout far and wide for brides. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(aside: Ahem, why is there a comma after the for and "urgent unions" – sounds like a bad line from a Gothic Romance. Gosh, who edits this stuff. )<\/p>\n

So 20k for fixing a hymen and 25k for fixing a bride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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