For centuries, Hindu women have worn a dot on their foreheads. Most of us have naively thought this was connected with tradition or religion, but the Indian Embassy in Ottawa has recently revealed the true story.
When a Hindu woman gets married,
she brings a dowry into the union.
On her wedding night, the husband
scratches off the dot to see
whether he has won a convenience store,
a gas station, a donut shop, a taxi cab
or a motel in the United States .
If nothing is there, he must remain in India
to answer telephones and provide technical advice
to callers from the United States .
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