More power to women: The brides who called off their weddings with aplomb

In what's growing to be a trend in India, another woman refused to tie the knot with a man after she found him drunk at their wedding ceremony in Kanpur.Sajeti, a resident of Sighaul village, called off her wedding to Surendra Tiwari, reported India Today.Police said that the man, along with his friends, arrived at the venue in an inebriated condition and was unable to control himself which caused the bride to call off the marriage."The groom's side tried to convince the bride, but she remained determined on her stand," police added.But this is not the first time such an incident has taken place in India.Bride marries guest after groom has fitAfter her husband-to-be had an epileptic fit at the wedding ceremony, the bride Indira, angry that her family had not been informed about the groom Kishore's medical condition, changed her mind about marrying him, according to a report in The Times of India. Instead, the bride announced that she would marry another guest at the same ceremony - who turned out to be her sister's brother-in-law, Harpal Singh.Man asks fiancée for nude selfie, she calls off weddingThe groom insisted his fiancée send him nude pictures so she not only cancelled the wedding but also lodged a police complaint, according to another TOI report. The woman also alleged that her fiancée's family was demanding dowry.Bride in Agra cancels wedding after groom fails a simple math testKhushboo Saxena was supposed to get married to Omveer Singh of Auraiyya but got suspicious after she found out that Omveer had made mistakes while reciting the wedding mantras, reported The Times of India.The report added that Khushboo then asked Omveer to dial her number. Even as the couple got up on stage to greet guests, the groom made mistakes in dialling the bride's number.Omveer even failed to count beyond nine when Khushboo gave him a few coins and asked him to do some simple addition. The groom was even confused by the apps on the bride's phone when he was told to use her touch-screen phone.Dowry? Dowry? No, Papa: Kerala woman slaps a hard one on the age old customRemya Ramachandran decided to take the malpractice of dowry by the proverbial horns and cancelled her wedding after the groom demanded money and gold as dowry.She wrote a stirring post on her Facebook: (Friends, Here is an announcement for people asking me about my wedding day. The person, who before the engagement, used to say that he needed just me, is now demanding Rs 5 lakh and 50 sovereigns of gold. Since I am completely against dowry and believe it will be a losing proposition to buy into a family that cannot keep its word, I have decided not to go ahead with this alliance. Thank you. Remya) 

(Translated by The Indian Express)

Wedding called off due to chicken biryaniA wedding was called off in Bangalore after the families of the bride and the groom failed to agree on the kind of biryani that was to be served at the wedding - while the bride's family preferred chicken, the groom's wouldn't have anything but mutton biryani.The Hindu reported that when the girl’s family prepared chicken biryani and sent it to the groom’s side, the groom’s family was upset. Observing the behaviour of the groom's family, the girl cancelled the wedding.Bride's family calls off wedding after bhabhi kisses groomAccording to an India Today report, a wedding ceremony in Aligarh was called off because the groom was kissed by his brother's wife in public.The groom and the bride had met each other on social media and fell in love. During the wedding, the groom's sister-in-law kissed him the moment he greeted the bride and then dragged him to the dance floor where she demanded he shake a leg.However, this behaviour was not acceptable to the bride's family and they called off the wedding.