Kerala Father's Digital Shagun QR Code Wedding Gesture Sparks Debate

Imagine you're going to a wedding in India, where people usually give money as a gift, often in an envelope.

At one wedding, the bride's dad did something new!

He wore a special sticker on his shirt with a QR code, like a secret code for his phone.

Guests could use their phones to scan this code and send money right away as a gift, called 'shagun'.

A video of this went all over the internet.

Some people thought it was a clever and modern way to give gifts.

However, others made jokes about it, and some people criticized it, saying it looked like begging or lacked decency.

One comment suggested it was a joke by the bride's uncle and that the people scanning were family.

The authenticity of the video couldn't be confirmed.