Cell to the rescue of NRI brides

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Chinki Sinha Tags : NRI Cell, NRI brides Posted: Friday , Sep 25, 2009 at 0859 hrs New Delhi:

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Foreign dreams of Hardeep Kaur (name changed) turned sour two-and-a-half years ago when the 35-year-old professional married a UK-based corporate honcho she had found through a matrimonial website. She was abused in the UK, and she had to come back to India.

“It is a double blow. You pack your bags and leave for a new life,” she says. “Then you have to come back and start from scratch all over again.”

However, all is not lost for Kaur as she has now pinned her hopes on the NRI Cell under the National Commission of Women, the coordinating agency for dealing with issues relating to NRI marriages by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Launched in August, it was formally inaugurated on Thursday by NCW chairperson Girija Vyas.

There are more than 30,000 such cases in Punjab. Gujarat, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh have also seen rise in such cases.

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Ajay Kumar, a coordinator for the Cell, says aspirations run high in such communities. “They feel if the girl goes abroad, the family too can migrate. For NRIs it is like honeymoon tourism,” he says.

The NRI Cell will help women, provide legal counselling, and network with NGOs. It will also coordinate with four countries — US, UK, Canada and Australia — so that foreign courts do not issue a divorce decree without the presence of the wife.

The NCW is also partnering with United Nations Development Fund for Women that will provide technical support. “The cell can be the safety net for women,” says Anne Stenhammer, its representative.

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CRAZE FOR WEST WARDSBy: RAGHUNADHA RAO | 25-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward In the past,it was said the elders used to see seven generations history on either side of bride or groom,before venturing into the nuptial knot.Usually,parents preferred known relatives or families.The proposals used to come from family andfriends.With nueclear families isolated from community living, the marriage bureaus or websites have become hunting sites for marriagesThe great peer pressure and the craze to fly awayto west makes the un suspecting brides jump into the lucre.The parents who are worried about the kundali and kujadosham only have dollar dreams and over look thethe hell to follow.No doubt all cases may not fail,but the craze for NRIS must be curbedAll that is west is not best.There is vast difference in cultural values. In our country marriages arenot built on sand,they last longer and do not end on flimsy ground.The usage,your children,my childrenand our children is rarely heard here.Prevention is betterthan cure.

Better to rein in greedy women and their families whose greed to milk NRI guys boomerangsBy: Ghir Ghaa Beas | 25-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward Better to rein in greedy women and their families whose greed to milk NRI guys boomerangs on them. What do they think, only they can be greedy and manipulative? Is that the way to build a relationship? Given a chance these greedy NRI eater women will equally happily become unwed teen mothers living on dole in Australia, USA, UK etc and using their kids to fund their dope and booze. This sad influence of Christitan and Islamic greed on some Indian women and their families is the problem, which converted Christians leading NCW can not solve.

Shut bup Ghir Ghaa Bakvas!By: Devasahayam | 25-Sep-2009 Reply | Forward " This sad influence of Christitan and Islamic greed on some Indian women and their families is the problem, which converted Christians leading NCW can not solve."Last-I-checked, the "dowry system" (which has led to lakhs of murders in just the last half-century--and which is entirely based on greed) is entirely indigenous in India!Also, how do you know the religious makeup of NCW--other than being "on" something (drugs/alcohol)?

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