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 Canada . If nothing is there, he must remain in
India to answer telephones and provide us with technical advice.
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