"If I have a USA stamp in my passport, I will get one crore dowry.”
Needless to say, the guy was not offered a job.
I'm lost at this point in the article. Why wasn't he offered the job, and what is a crore dowry?
Needless to say, the guy was not offered a job.
I'm lost at this point in the article. Why wasn't he offered the job, and what is a crore dowry?
Presumably because he now seemed to be interested in the company only for its US connection, and might leave once he had his passport stamp.
> what is a crore* dowry?*
A lot of money: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crore
1. If you have a B.E. degree, you get a INR 2000000 dowry alongwith a 800cc Maruti Suzuki automobile.
2. If you have a MBA degree, you get a INR 3500000 dowry, alongwith a Maruti Suzuki Esteem, or a Tata Indica.
3. If you have a M.D degree, you get a INR 5000000 dowry, alongwith a Maruti Suzuki Esteem / Tata Indica, and a furnished apartment.
4. If you have completed IAS school, you get a INR 7500000 dowry, alongwith a luxury car, and a rowhouse/bungalow.
Apparently, the way the parents reason when it comes to sending their kid to college is: if sending him to college costs me such and such, what will the returns on such an investment be?
I never realized that my in-laws were so cheap. :-)
Now, I hear you ask : "Why do they need to pay?. can't she marry someone else?". It's difficult to explain. But I will try.
Love-Marriage (Name for the "not arraged by families" marriage) is still a No-No in india. Which means your parents finds a girl/guy for you. Also,you are supposed to find a bride/bride groom from the same relegion-caste you are from.
So, if everyone expects dowry in your relegion/caste,you end up with no other option but to pay the money to get your girl married.
Now the amount of Dowry varies according to the bride grooms family status & of course the qualification and job of the bride groom. If the bride groom has moved outside india, specially to US or UK, the dowry paied increases considerably, as it's considered a socially prestegious thing and he is considered a winner in Life.
Hence the Guy in question asking to be sent to US. And "Crore" is a word used to denote 10 million Indian Rupees.
Corrected that for you.