Collection of ‘moi’ or gift in cash in marriages and other domestic functions has seen various innovations. Now there is one more way to give the gift in cash, as seen at a marriage function in Madurai on Sunday.
The family members of bride T.J. Sivasankari used payment apps Google Pay and PhonePe to enable friends and relatives to make their gift contributions without having to mingle with the crowd at the ‘moi collection’ points. “It was the bride’s idea and since it was attractive, we introduced it,” said Ms. Sivaksankari’s maternal uncle B.R. Sasikumar, 48, a computer service engineer.
The bride, a programme analyst in Bengaluru, thought of this idea to help the guests maintain social distancing. “We implemented the idea by printing the QR codes of the two payment apps on a replica of the marriage invitation,” he said.
It was useful for friends and relatives to give their cash gifts after they could not turn up at the marriage hall from far off places due…