henna

When I am in campus, I often eat out. There are of course some restaurants which are my favourites. Mainly because they are happy to prepare vegetarian food for me...the other day when i went to lunch, a waiter came to my table and asked what I would like to have. as he was writting down my order i noticed henna on his fingers. This waiter is from India. As far as I know, Indian men usually only use henna for their wedding (well, sometimes for the wedding of someone very close to them like siblings etc)...I cannot help but to wonder, did this guy just come here to work few months after he got married. I always have a soft spot for people who travel miles to work in a foreign land leaving their families and their loved ones back home...The need to survive or the hope of a better future brings them so far...I know for a fact that when one Indian goes abroad to work would mean that a few of their family members will have a better life...but is this worth all the sacrifice these people are making.. I wonder...