To the Odd News a friend sent to me tonight:
An Indian bride has walked out of her wedding after her
bridegroom-to-be failed to solve a simple maths problem,
according to police in Uttar Pradesh.
The bride asked the groom to add 15 and six. When he
replied 17, she called off the marriage.
BBC reports that the groom's family tried to convince the
bride to return, but she refused saying the man was illiterate.
Local police said they mediated between the families, and
both sides returned all the gifts given
before the wedding.
Most marriages in India are arranged by the families, and it is
common for a bride and groom to get married without
spending time in each other's company.
A police official of Rasoolabad village where the incident
happened told BBC Hindi that local resident Mohar Singh had
fixed his daughter Lovely's wedding to a man called Ram
Baran.
"But just before the marriage ceremony Lovely came to
know that Ram Baran is illiterate and she refused to
marry," he said.
Mohar Singh told the Associated Press news agency that the
"groom's family had kept us in the dark about his poor
education".
"Even a first grader can answer this [the maths test]," he
said.
Last month, another bride in Uttar Pradesh married a guest at
her wedding after her groom-to-be had a seizure and
collapsed. Reports said the groom was epileptic and he had
kept the information from the bride and her family.