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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by llampx on Monday November 29, 2021 @07:17AM (#29378944)
> “the age for a woman to get married is 21”

Worth adding here, that this phrase was meant to make families wait to get their girls married, aka "as opposed to 15" and not as in the current day, where this would be taken as implying that they should get married at such a young age.

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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by prateek_mir on Monday November 29, 2021 @08:31AM (#29379652)
I think similar messages used to be printed on the back of government owned buses in the state of Rajasthan !
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