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To: lorne who wrote (290)	6/15/2002 10:07:51 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 770

These older men took these little girls for the same reason the octagenarian billionaire from Texas married the 30 year old ex-Playboy model. Men's lust for younger women. If the bride is 10 years old, then the family gets her married since they see about the "bride's security" is something the bride is incapable of seeing at such as age, so the society there at that time said. This is something which I will not say is bad or good. I state this only to share what I know of prevailing custom at that time. At that time, they thought what they were doing was the right thing to do. Similar to slavery in America, which by today's standard is not the in thing. About "sati", no that is also a social evil by modern times, is banned. But it was a common practice then and that also has a long history. If would like to watch, you could watch the movie "Passage to India" (available as a video). Addresses both issues at once, the marriage of a younger girl (not a young girl) to a old man. And they also address the issue of sati. It is a English movie, budding romance between a young British officer in colonial India and this bride-to-be.

To: lorne who wrote (290)	6/15/2002 10:39:50 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 770

Lorne, further to my response to you, here is a URL that you could visit to get a full understanding of those social customs prevalent at that time. We all are aware that these social customs and held beliefs change with time and eveolve to match eveolving social vlaues: example slavery in the US. What I like about this URL is that it does say that these practices by modern standards are wrong and we need to accept that but not to the extent so as to ridicule past practices. hindubooks.org