Just a few hours after posting my last entry “Traditions”, I saw this online:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070115/wl_asia_afp/afpentertainmentindia_070115125731

Former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are engaged.  If you noticed, Rai is 33 and Bachchan is 31.  This is a very late engagement in their traditions.  I can surely tell you that both of them have been under a lot of pressure about their marriage from their families.  This is because the fact that most of the preferred candidates chosen by the families are taken at this age.  One evidence you can find in the article is that the families have already scheduled the wedding in February or March, which is just a month or two from the engagement.

This is a very typical and traditional engagement in their culture.  Families from both side have influence on every single part of this marriage.  I sincerely give them blessings. And I hope that they are engaged because they love each other, not because they have to.

p.s. Aishwarya Rai is one of the most beautiful woman I have seen. 

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