Kids these days! A small town in northern India has banned all the single ladies from carrying telephones, because they keep using them in the service of illicit ends, like marriage. According to AFP, at least 23 couples in the state of Uttar Pradesh have run away and married someone outside their caste after connecting—and then coordinating the logistics of their forbidden nuptials—on their cell phones. "All parents were told to ensure their unmarried daughters do not use cell phones. The boys can do so, but only under their parents' monitoring," a spokesman for the village assembly said.
Read original story in AFP | Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
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