SIMPLE MARRIAGES

SIKH MARRIAGES

It refers to welcome move of Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee initiating move to induce austerity in marriages by solemnising marriages in Gurudwaras only that too with one simple vegetarian meal. Committee has rightly analysed that increasing expenses in marriages of girls is major cause of aborting female-foeticide.

In fact, Union Government should take measures to ensure marriages to be simple so that birth of girl may be taken as boon rather than bane. should follow by allowing only soft drinks and beverages in marriage-related functions. Political consensus should be developed so that elected representatives may be compelled to boycott mega-budgeted functions. Extra-rich persons should be encouraged to commemorate family-functions by setting up public-utility institutions like schools, colleges or hospitals rather than racing for mega-expenses in private functions. Such commemorative-institutions can be blessed and graced with benign presence of VVIPs and celebrities.

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) should set up special celebration-cells in all IT circles where prior intimation of any function with budget exceeding Rs 10 laks may be made compulsory. Complete expense-details of all marriage-related or other functions with budgets exceeding Rs 10 lakhs should be compulsorily filed in these cells. Gifts and cash spent by relatives and friends should also be taken as part of marriage-expenses to avoid unaccounted spent-money as having spent by others!

SUBHASH C. AGRAWAL

(Guinness Record Holder for most letters in newspapers)

1775 Kucha Lattushah

Dariba

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