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Marriage and Millionaires — not Related

A recent survey shows that China is home to nearly half a million millionaires … I don’t know but presume that these folks are dollar millionaires …

I wonder how many similar millionaires are there in India …

On a different note, lots of folks got married yesterday including an accidental celebrity who goes by the name of Shilpa Shetty. I don’t know how much the rituals and customs that are associated with marriage really mean to these folks …

It’s good to see people choosing to live life on their terms like Kareena and Saif Ali Khan.

Also, Lara Dutta saying that she’s ‘seeing’ Mahesh Bhupati but not only him …

Sushmita Sen has always taken the road less traveled …

So also Nandita Das.

When you learn about what Amelia Earhart had written when she got married … some 80 odd years ago, you realize how backwardish Indian mentalities are …

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