Mobile Phones and Romance in India

From the Mobile Pundit. Heh !

The research found several instances where mobile phones played a role in romance:

• In
  arranged marriages: A young man was given some time alone with a
  prospective bride-to-be and he had one question for her: “What is your
  mobile number?”
• Between working couples: One research
  participant called or sent text messages to his wife, also living with
  him in Bangalore, often. If he lost his mobile phone he would be
  scared, he said, not because he had lost a phone but because he had
  lost this connection with his wife.
• Traditional etiquette:
  Indian mobile phone companies typically bill the person making the
  call. Men will occasionally ignore or hang up on a girlfriend and then
  call her right back, a modern instance of picking up the tab.
• Domestic
  spats: One partner might deliberately ignore calls to punish the other,
  or one might become angry when the other wasn’t answering. In one
  instance a participant threatened his partner that he would not answer
  her calls for a month.