What do rings mean to Indian women?
Today, exchanging rings on the engagement day is a common sight in an Indian wedding. Not just in big cities, the trend has caught up even in small towns. But this ceremony is just a fashion in India. It does not have any cultural relevance here. With foreign invasions, global industrial revolution that increased our interaction with the western world and the influence of English movies, our marriages in the Vedic period and now, look extremely different. However, our Ayurvedic science seconds the Greek theory that the vein passing through the ring finger is directly connected to heart and thus, it is the right finger to associate with a life-long bond of the heart. Besides this, in Egypt , rings are viewed as a symbol of eternity. No wonder, it has beautifully merged with our already elaborate wedding traditions. But that does not mean, we Indians never wore rings before Britishers arrived here. Our kings and queens sp...