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We know a woman in Bangalore who is 28 years old and has been married 21 years. Yes, those numbers are right. She was married when she was 7. But it was not consummated until she had her first period.

Weddings are big, lavish, expensive affairs in India - families go deep into debt to pay for them. This woman is getting ready for her big day. There seem to be as many gold shops as coffee shops in Kerala, and gold is affordable here because many Keralan's work in the Persian Gulf and send all those petrodollars back home to the family.