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As the veil was removed and Raj saw the face of his blushing bride for the very first time, it dawned on him that her picture on Shaadi.com had been more than a little Photoshopped……
The gender imbalance in parts of northern India due to female foeticide/infanticide results in some men taking increasingly desperate measures to find a bride.
Ooohhhh, controversial…..
douglas clark —
on 15th November, 2007 at 11:43 AM
“On the advice of an astrologer and others, he decided to marry a bitch to get cured. Then we arranged Selvakumar’s marriage with a bitch.”
Apart from the fact that several very-misogynistic jokes following on from that paragraph practically write themselves (which I’m going to stay the hell away from), I think the real person at fault here is the astrologer, for taking advantage of Selvakumar’s ignorance (naivete ?) and giving him such false advice.
If they thought some karma issue was at play here, a more sensible solution would have been for the guy to simply “adopt” the dog as a pet and look after it kindly for the rest of its life. You don’t have to freaking marry it, dammit.
The astrologer is either stupid, corrupt or just incredibly misguided. See what’s happening here — not only is this incident now publicised worldwide, but as a result the gullible “groom” is an object of ridicule everywhere. Whilst the astrologer, of course, remains safe in his anonymity.
Jai – Who knows why he married the dog? Karma related issues perhaps, or perhaps the astrologer is on a sabbatical from the the NHS where they practice ‘complimentary medicine’. It is well known that the affection of a pet can help sick people get better, so he could be one step ahead of us and it might work – he could get better. See ‘ancient medical’ knowledge is amazing!!
Prince Charles in now much better and saner since he married his horse.
Anyway my caption was not a joke :– it was serious – why can’t we marry our pets or other animals? What happens in the future when we have animal/human hybrids? eh?
“On the advice of an astrologer and others, he decided to marry a “bitch” to get cured. Then we arranged Selvakumar’s marriage with a “bitch”.” hhahahahahahahha what inner city estate was this girl from? ahhaahha
What can you do with a dog? I assume he will take this dog to bed with him. I don’t even want to think about what the dog will have to endure….. God help him and God help the dog.
Give the dog a bone.
And they called it puppy love…
Man, life’s a bitch and then you marry one.
Thank goodness the dog had a sari on. A naked dog marrying a man would’ve just been weird.
At least Sunny didn’t post up the picture of the marriage being consummated (a pun too obvious to do…which position do you think they took?)
No, the real man-not-human love story of the day is this one.
As she surveyed her in-laws, Trixie began to doubt the wisdom of her decision.
“Holy shit – she’s got dog’s bollocks!”
or in simple lolcat form:
“Epic Fail”
Dog thinks: “At least I’m not in Korea.”
All religions contain some element of superstition….
Guardian readers tie the knot.
As the veil was removed and Raj saw the face of his blushing bride for the very first time, it dawned on him that her picture on Shaadi.com had been more than a little Photoshopped……
i think rohin wins so far!
The gender imbalance in parts of northern India due to female foeticide/infanticide results in some men taking increasingly desperate measures to find a bride.
Ooohhhh, controversial…..
Where’s my side of the family?
“I only mentioned I had a UK Pet Passport….”
Justforfun
From the BBC article Sunny links to:
Apart from the fact that several very-misogynistic jokes following on from that paragraph practically write themselves (which I’m going to stay the hell away from), I think the real person at fault here is the astrologer, for taking advantage of Selvakumar’s ignorance (naivete ?) and giving him such false advice.
If they thought some karma issue was at play here, a more sensible solution would have been for the guy to simply “adopt” the dog as a pet and look after it kindly for the rest of its life. You don’t have to freaking marry it, dammit.
The astrologer is either stupid, corrupt or just incredibly misguided. See what’s happening here — not only is this incident now publicised worldwide, but as a result the gullible “groom” is an object of ridicule everywhere. Whilst the astrologer, of course, remains safe in his anonymity.
Here is someone who should have been betrothed to his (or someone else’s) bike:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm
justforfun:
““I only mentioned I had a UK Pet Passport….”
For a caption that really would be hard to beat.
Looks like Rohin had already beaten me to it.
Okay, one more:
Raj’s parents surveyed the wedding party as they welcomed their new daughter-in-law in front of their house in Wembley.
“Well, at least it’s an Indian dog”, they mused. “Otherwise God knows what the neighbours would have said”.
Jai – Who knows why he married the dog? Karma related issues perhaps, or perhaps the astrologer is on a sabbatical from the the NHS where they practice ‘complimentary medicine’. It is well known that the affection of a pet can help sick people get better, so he could be one step ahead of us and it might work – he could get better. See ‘ancient medical’ knowledge is amazing!!
Prince Charles in now much better and saner since he married his horse.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/293770_pettherapy27.html
Anyway my caption was not a joke :– it was serious – why can’t we marry our pets or other animals? What happens in the future when we have animal/human hybrids? eh?
Justforfun
If he had a car I’d be his bumper sticker would read:
Selvakumars Do it Doggy Style
Jai,
‘The astrologer is either stupid, corrupt or just incredibly misguided.’
So, an astrologer then?
Selvakumars Do it Doggy Style
ha ha!
Okay, final one:
Raj tried to ignore the accusations that he was taking his fixation with Snoop’s first album a little too far.
“In the dog-eat-dog world of Indian television, Saas-Bahu serials reach a whole new level”.
Aaargh, I can’t stop.
Selavakumar’s Religious Dogma!
Though I’d Rohin wins hands down!
Dog – “the kinky bastid already has a leash around my neck, wait till suhaag raat, he’s going to be MY bitch.”
Doggy: “life’s a bitch.”, now you know
Aishwaraya Rai married a tree and she is educated with millions!
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=3945efb24607018569a0f4b2f3497611
“On the advice of an astrologer and others, he decided to marry a “bitch” to get cured. Then we arranged Selvakumar’s marriage with a “bitch”.” hhahahahahahahha what inner city estate was this girl from? ahhaahha
What can you do with a dog? I assume he will take this dog to bed with him. I don’t even want to think about what the dog will have to endure….. God help him and God help the dog.