Hindu Dot

Toward Understanding and Getting Along With Other Cultures

The Dot

“ For centuries, Hindu women have worn a dot on their foreheads. Most of us have naively thought this was connected with marriage or religion, but the Indian Embassy in London 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 liquor store or a motel in the UK. If there is nothing under the dot, he must take a job in India answering telephones and giving unintelligible technical advice to frustrated Europeans. ”