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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/AE3ED7B9-7B51-4F35-810C-859C1793B690/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hotdoge3/">hotdoge3</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:#ffffcc"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10497331" title="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10497331">www.nzherald.co.nz</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1><I>Paran Balakrishnan:</I> Arranging a marriage, online</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Anupam Mittal is one of the pioneers of India's Web 2.0. His matrimonial website Shaadi.com has had eight million users in the last decade and captured more than 50 per cent of India's online marriage mart.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>He reckons Shaadi.com - shaadi means marriage in Hindi - has been the online force behind around 800,000 nuptials.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>That's quite a feat in a country where arranged marriages are still the norm and parents check out prospective brides and grooms before the actual parties get a look in.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>He has opened 125 Shaadipoint offices around the country and plans to double that in the next 18 months.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The Shaadipoints are, as the name suggests, bricks and mortar offices where the whole family can troop in and meet Shaadi.com match-making executives.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"We want to reach parents who make the decisions and who don't necessarily go on the net," says Mittal.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10497331Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:11:56 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/5E87674C-5DF8-4DA2-B41B-2F3874823233/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hotdoge3/">hotdoge3</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> dont do it <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/your-views/2008/3/11/your-views-court-to-rule-in-familys-clash-over-hijacked-body/?c_id=1501154" title="http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/your-views/2008/3/11/your-views-court-to-rule-in-familys-clash-over-hijacked-body/?c_id=1501154">blogs.nzherald.co.nz</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1><A href="http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/your-views/2008/3/11/your-views-court-to-rule-in-familys-clash-over-hijacked-body/?c_id=1501154">Should the courts be able to intervene in body snatching cases?</A></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><DIV>There is a new way to send in comments to Your Views and Blogs. You can <A href=" http://dynamic.blogs.nzherald.co.nz/users/register/ ">click here </A> and go straight to the registration page.</DIV><BR /> An hour before Ivy May Ngahooro was to be buried, four carloads of supporters arrived at the Seddon Park Funeral Home in Hamilton and took her body from a hearse. The Hamilton branch of the family want the funeral held there. Mrs Ngahooro's daughter and her supporters want the burial to take place in Taumarunui. A court injunction means it is now a criminal offence for anyone to bury Mrs Ngahooro until the matter has been heard in court. Should the courts be able to intervene in body snatching cases? Here is the latest selection of Your Views: </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN class="commentor_comment">It shouldn't be a "cultural" problem but unfortunately it seems that way. The last 3 bodies "snatched" were all taken by Maori. No doubt Maori who hadn't seen the dead person alive for who knows how many years.</SPAN></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/your-views/2008/3/11/your-views-court-to-rule-in-familys-clash-over-hijacked-body/?c_id=1501154Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:51:00 GMT