Without 'Hustler's Dowry Fund', marriage is getting too expensive for many young people

As I was shooting the breeze in one village haunt over the Christmas break, I noted that young men are rarely coming home with new brides for Christmas, unlike in our days. One of my single cousins intimated to me that the cost of living has gone up and so has the cost of marrying. At the center of this cost is the dowry payment.

The ruracio (the dowry payment) process of the house of Mumbi is big business. With the current buzz of interest in our customs, it will grow bigger. I am even afraid that with a government that crafts new taxes every day, the tax czars at Times Tower might soon come up with a way of taxing the ruracio.