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...accustomed to ascertaining a suitor's social status, family histories and moral character. And given the anonymity that the Internet enables, concerned families are forced to turn to a living, breathing version of Google: "The detective business is growing at 200% to 250% a year," says Kunwar Vikram Singh, head of the Association of Private Detectives of India and owner of Delhi's award-winning detective agency Lancers Network Ltd. "And a sizeable portion of it is premarital verification...
...background - tailing targets around the clock for a week or so, and conducting clandestine inquiries with neighbors, friends and co-workers to unearth any possible dirt. "That's the only way you can really discover the character of a person, which is what most of our clients want," says Singh. "And character is simply decided by whether someone has had a previous sexual relationship...
...Divorce and property issues get messy when laws of more than one country are involved, so people are extra careful when dealing with émigré suitors. Singh says more and more people are also approaching him for caste verification. In the Hindu system, everyone is born into a caste. Traditionally marriages took place only within castes, and there was little social or economic mobility. That is changing as society evolves, and government affirmative action programs mean an increasing number of lower-caste members now have good jobs and nice houses. Some have taken on upper-caste surnames to avoid...
...Senior Ashwin Kumar, who was the only Crimson player to win a singles match, provided the highlights, knocking out Michael Shabaz, 7-5, 6-4 at No. 2. The senior also paired with junior Sasha Ermakov at No. 1 doubles and defeated Houston Barrick and Sanam Singh, 8-5. Coming into the match the doubles team of Kumar and Ermakov ranked 14th in the nation.In an odd move, Virginia moved its top doubles team to No. 2 and its second-best to No. 1, making for two lopsided matches.“They annihilated us and Ashwin and Sasha annihilated...
...With reporting by Ling Woo Liu/ Hong Kong, Madhur Singh/ Delhi...