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...price of an Emirates bride has increased, the sheikdoms' men have turned to foreign brides, particularly from India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, who typically settle for dowries of only about $1,000. Such marriages are now thought to account for as many as half of all those in the sheikdoms, raising government fears that the region's Arab identity will be diluted. To lure men away from the non-Arab brides, the government is / considering a national fund to subsidize the dowries of grooms who marry native brides. Some women in the Emirates have another solution: give wives more...
...achieve at home: a sense of their own autonomy. Says one successful Cuban- American businesswoman in Miami, Maria Elena Torano Pantin, "I became my own person. Not my parents' person, not my kids' person and not my husband's person. But mine." Mali Peruma Davidson, who came from Sri Lanka, says, "Oh, my God, I'm glad I'm in America! In Sri Lanka you are always subjugated to your husband's whims. I would never go back, not to the servants, not to the beauty. I really appreciate being in this country. It is a privilege...
...have established at least four churches. The Indian population in Queens, settled for decades and now 25,000 strong, has an elaborate cultural center-cum-Hindu temple in Flushing, complete with domes and sculpted elephants. One day in May, Kari and Shanthi Naidu were worshiping at the altar of Sri Mahalaksai, a god of well- being. They had paid a Hindu priest $5 for a prayer service. "Quite frankly," says Kari Naidu, "I did not become a believer until I arrived in this country. But here, away from home, I recognized there is something more important than daily affairs...
...more than two years, guerrillas demanding an independent homeland for the 3 million Tamil minority in Sri Lanka (pop. 16 million) have been fighting an increasingly bloody civil war against President Junius Jayawardene's government. Last week there were signs that both sides were willing to scale down the conflict, which has claimed several hundred lives so far this year. In Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital, National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali announced that the five largest Tamil guerrilla groups, known as the Tamil Tigers, had agreed to a "cessation of all hostile acts...
...accord followed discussions in New Delhi early this month between Jayawardene and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, during which the two leaders agreed to "defuse" the situation in Sri Lanka. Because the five insurgent organizations subscribing to the truce have their headquarters and operational commands in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, Gandhi is in a position to put pressure on them. Jayawardene, for his part, has ordered a review of the constitution, with an eye toward granting Sri Lanka's Tamils greater autonomy...