60+ kgs of gold, and growing!

When I wrote on the subject of gold in GIAS, I decided to recount a related story here.
There was this girl whose name meant gold. She forbade her parents from buying silks and jewelery for her wedding, and with the groom's consent (he also had a hearty dislike of pomp and glamour), the wedding was a 5-minute affair, (extended, regretfully, by the video-people) conducted in the sitting-room of her parents' house.
Her father-in-law, hailing from a traditional gold-amassing state, was happy - after a fashion. He let the bride know that Interested Peers in the Family Circle queried him about the amount of jewelery the new D-I-L brought along. That bride is still wondering if her answer was passed on - "Please tell them that more than 60 kgs of Gold arrived in the house, and is likely to expand further!"

Comments

  1. RAJI MUTHUKRISHNAN22 July, 2008

    Now, that is a line we should all take!

    Wonderful smart girl - well worth her weight in gold.

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  2. Indrani22 July, 2008

    Where is this girl now??
    I would love to shake hands with her. :)

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  3. Kat22 July, 2008

    Thangamma deserves a Gold Medal for that reply... Smart girl.

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  4. Swarna22 July, 2008

    Raji, Indrani, Kat, will let her know, thanks :)

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  5. kallu02 August, 2008

    Wonderful, swarna, will pass them on to all daughters

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  6. Swarna02 August, 2008

    Kalyani, thanks for visiting, and I hope some daughter(s) will listen!

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  7. Maddy04 August, 2008

    Vairamuthu will re-write his words of "50Kg Tajmahal nee yaa" with "60kilo thangamaana thangam nee yaa nee yaa""

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