Ajanta
2007-05-19 15:41:43 UTC
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Patna (India), May 19: Turned down for marriage due to his dark
complexion, a man staged a hunger strike outside his would be bride's
house in Bihar for two days before she finally relented, an official
said on Saturday.
Saral Prasad, the 23-year-old groom, said he would not budge from the
girl's village home after she refused to marry him earlier this week in
an arranged marriage because he was too dark.
Rajani, 19, changed her mind after two days and the couple got married,
Arun Kumar Mishra, a village council official said.
"We were all taken by surprise but Rajani was finally moved by the
gesture of the young man and married him," Mishra said.
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Patna (India), May 19: Turned down for marriage due to his dark
complexion, a man staged a hunger strike outside his would be bride's
house in Bihar for two days before she finally relented, an official
said on Saturday.
Saral Prasad, the 23-year-old groom, said he would not budge from the
girl's village home after she refused to marry him earlier this week in
an arranged marriage because he was too dark.
Rajani, 19, changed her mind after two days and the couple got married,
Arun Kumar Mishra, a village council official said.
"We were all taken by surprise but Rajani was finally moved by the
gesture of the young man and married him," Mishra said.
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