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May 20, 2003

"What you are, the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world." --J. Krishnamurti

A Priceless Wedding

The musicians were playing, the 2,000 guests were dining, the priest was preparing the ceremony and the bride was dressed in red, her hands and feet festively painted with henna. Then, under the wedding tent, the groom's family asked for more dowry. 25,000 dollars more. So Nisha Sharma, the bride, picks up her cell phone, calls the cops and lands her groom in jail. She is being hailed internationally as a hero!