Bengaluru: History repeats, they keep saying. In the late 70s and 80s of the last century, there was a common practice to ask for agricultural land holdings of any would-be bridegroom in any marriage alliance. By the turn of the century, the issue was backseated for nearly the next forty years. However, now the same old trend of asking for agricultural land holdings has cropped up, particularly in these last three years, exclaims Krishna V Itnal, retired AO, LIC and a Septuagenarian Gandhian settled in Pune...
...Trying in vain for alliance: He gives startling examples to drive home his analysis: " I know Raju Honwad, a native of Vijayapura in Karnataka residing now in Pune. Now he is trying for an alliance with his third son who is a diploma holder with a salary of Rs 38000/-...
...Every week to Karnataka: Every weekend he is in Karnataka in search of a girl. Though the family possesses two-bedroom flats in two numbers in Pune, he is desperate to search for a suitable girl for his son of thirty-one years. Erayya Hiremath is an IT engineer based in Bengaluru with a 26 lakhs yearly package, now he is crossing thirty-four years shortly without marriage. Rakesh son of Basamma from Kalaburgi is a commerce graduate and his take-home pay is 35000/-. When approached, the girls' families in both cases, insisted on agricultural land holdings...
...Hefty IT Packages make no sense: In Mumbai Karnataka, we measure land In acres, whereas in Kalyan Karnataka, they insist that the holdings in Kurugees, in Kannada one Kurugi is equivalent to four acres. My Gandhian friend Mrs Madhu Shiggavi from Gadag had another story to tell. She tried for an alliance of relatives from the software field with a hefty yearly package, but it didn't materialise for the family of the boy, who doesn't possess any agri or wetland...
...No guarantee of pension: When an analysis is made, few facts come to the fore. No one, in 70 or 80s had a guarantee of pension in public sector undertakings like LIC or Banks. They were guaranteed only after 1995 and that to persons employed before 2004. The recruitees after 2004 were not eligible for pension...
..Fear psychosis of AI eating jobs: Now a fear psychosis has gripped the educated parents that AI may eat away a lot of jobs once implemented fully. It is commonly said that a job under Artificial intelligence may eat away four jobs. Hence the agony of parents for the future life of their daughters. Ironically barring a few pontiffs, who are custodians of each section, are very busy with discourses than in solving this burning problem. Amidst this disparaging situation, a ray of hope shines when guys go out boldly for intercaste or inter-faith life partners; Wishfully this appears to be the fact in the decade to come", signs off Krishna V Itnal.
-Manohar Yadavatti
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