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Dig These Single Guys

by Fred Miller | March 4, 2009 at 09:04 am

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Women are often said to drive men crazy and it looks like this time around they
may have succeeded, but in a positive way. They've got some men literally digging
for wives in the remote Indian village of Barwaan Kala.

This story was picked up in many languages, but all linked back to this BBC article by
Amarnath Tewary :

More than 100 unmarried villagers in India's Bihar state are working flat out to build a 6km (3.7-mile) road to help their efforts to get married.

Some 121 villagers aged between 16 and 80 remain bachelors, they say, because of the remoteness of the village

It's not that the hilly terrain of the remote village is inaccessible that keeps
outside women and men alike away. There is the fear of Maoist militant operations
in the area, severe lack of basic amenities and a government school that has no teacher.

Not quite the setting for any 'Bachelorette' to nab a groom. Speaking of which, this would be one 'Bachelor' Reality show I would actually tune in to.

BBC, can you hear me ?

Full story at the BBC.co.uk