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From: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto <jcp>)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Getting engaged to an Indian girl
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 17:06:40 EST
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	I hope to be getting engaged to an Indian girl on my upcoming
trip to India in June.  I was wondering what sort of an engagement
gift would be appropriate.  The girl in question has a Punjabi father
and a Bengalee mother, and is not a Brahmin, but is Hindu.

	I am afraid to take a ring, as I might get the size wrong, but
was wondering whether either another gift including a diamond would
be appropriate, or something else?  Do Hindus have any special preferences?
Since we intend to have a Hindu wedding, I'd like to follow the appropriate
custom if its practical.

						Joe Pistritto