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Love story No. 1: A young woman refuses to marry the man her father has chosen—even though he threatens her life for disobeying him. She makes a plan to run away with the young man she wants to marry to wed secretly in another town. Her female friend informs the young man whom the father had approved of, and the jilted chap follows the couple, accompanied by the friend. Along the way, these two fall in love and get married in a double wedding with the first couple.
Love story No. 2: A young man is betrothed to a young woman who elopes with her lover just before the wedding. Her family offers the jilted groom the runaway bride's younger sister instead. But immediately after the nuptials, the substitute bride reveals she has already wed to someone else in secret, and asks the groom to accept her as a sister. He agrees to help reunite her with her secret husband against the wishes of her parents.
Love story No. 3: A young man falls in love with a young woman. But the father is known to have said this daughter won't marry before her older, more difficult sister. So a friend of the young man, impressed by the family's wealth, offers to marry the older sister. Their wedding takes place and the older sister appears to fall in love with her husband after the marriage. The father comes aro [...]
The gloss has been taken off India's impressive run in One-Day International cricket after the team lost its second match in a row against the West Indies.
India still claimed victory in the five-match series in the Caribbean, but the 3-2 scoreline is a disappointment given that the World Cup champions were 3-0 up last week, before the wheels fell off on faster and bouncier wickets.
Let's set aside the fact that nobody was watching and press on.
A clean sweep in the West Indies would have seen India rise to the top of the ODI rankings, but after slipping up in the final two matches India remains rooted in second place behind Australia.
Still, it's a series win and India had the chance to blood some lesser known faces as seasoned stars like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag sat out the tour, either because of injury or for rest after prioritizing the Indian Premier League over national duty.
Rohit Sharma was a star for India and named man of the series after scoring a total of 257 runs, while Suresh Raina did a good job as captain, even though his own form seemed to suffer. India is blessed with quality players, and Raina, at just 24, is one of the younger generation that could help India dominate world cricket for the next decade and more.
Virat Kohli is another young star who will feature prominently for India in th [...]