Days after my last post have all been so very adventure-less eventful. What I want to say is that lots of things happened and most of them were the ones that were not welcomed at any point of time. All in all, the past 4-5 months were both good and bad and full of masala for garnishing the savory dish of life’s experience! After all it’s all about the sweet, salty and spicy bitterness of life!
Earlier I had planned to write about the 8 most cheesy pick up lines but then nah… it’ll be too boring and just too obvious! Reloaded-Roxin is not meant to be an online cupid junction! It is all about Roxin – well-known venom (That is what Rachit told me once!! I personally take no guarantee upon the trueness of this fact.) Anyways, so the question before me was to what should I write about? And then yesterday night it was all presented to me on a silver platter.
In India, this time of the year is considered to be extraordinarily pious or say apt for marriages. The mood in almost every Indian city is of joy and marriagie! And the torture of it all began from the very day of my arrival to the home town! The hour I entered the home sweet home, my mom was ready with the bundle of questions (or should I say her statements - as I was never given a chance to answer them :( !)
Mum: What are you going to wear for the marriage reception which we need to attend tonight? Pink suit is fine I think.
(Wait a sec! What did u just say? A marriage reception?? Holy God! I've just entered home, Mom... with all the good thoughts of cherishing homemade food... I ain't gonna blast that off for some stupid caterer's preparation)
Mum: Ohh come on! I am not gonna prepare anything for you today! And what will you do all alone at home when the two of us are away? You have to come with us and that's an order! Come on darling, we'll leave at 9 PM and hurry up and will be back by 10:30 PM or so!
(Ohhh it is never so short a visit! Don't fool me into that! But then I know your order is an order and finally I'll have to abide by that! :(((((( )
At the end of it, the night of 6th December ends at our returning back to home by 12 midnight! Who the hell is concerned about the tiresome and 24 hrs journey I had made for home coming and what a sweet welcome it is? The duffons out there are blind or dumb or what?? Am kindda unable to classify their questions - "Arrey... bitiya aai hui hai kya??" ( Why r u asking me this question or do u think I'm a sample of the white vapoury stuff that features in Sssh! Phir Koi Hai )! And the age-old classic ones still take away all the applause - "Arrey kitni badi ho gayi hai... itni si thi jab pichli baar dekha tha!"
So, I think you can now get what it is to go to these Marriage parties! But then this epic just doesn't stop here, what comes next is a grand piece of drama and I'm sure even Ekta Kapoor takes her inspiration from these!
The marriage receptions are still okay but if Bunty and Babli are getting married on the same very day then...
1. Bunty's kins want to make it a yaadgaar baaraat. Thus the marriage procession starts late - by 2 hrs or so. The reason is that Bunty's kins have to get ready for the special day and try some special dance steps (remember Bride and Prejudice!) to match the bandwalas tunes. And infact Himesh Reshamiya is topping the charts with a bad nose!
2. Finally, the marriage procession starts towards the marriage place, where the guests invited have already started having their dinner as everyone is just too busy in today's world. When the baaraat arrives at the gate, the kins are still busy in flaunting their dancing skills, you see they are highly impressed by Nach Baliye and Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. After heavily stamping their feet at the gate, some of them realize ki "Dulhe ko toh ghodi se utaaro!" Bechaara Bunty gets down and then something called Dwarchar is performed!
3. Now, at the end of all this when Bunty finally reaches the stage, Babli is informed about it and then she begins with putting up her bridal makeup worth 13000 or more just to make sure that she isnt' left behind in the ratrace of looking a complete Namoona on her special day! But out there the guests are falling down by there tiresome exercise of stuffing all the good food in order to avail back the amount they are giving as a gift! "Dulhan kab aayegi bhaisahab??"
4. Ahh to the guests' satisfaction Babli arrives shying and smiling, surrounded by all her naughty, giggly and chirpy sisters and friends. But I've never been able to figure out why she walks slower than a tortoise?
5. At the end of all these events, guests finally feel relaxed after pushing the gifts into the Bride and Groom's hands and making there way out to open air and finally to their home!
And believe me when I say that you'll never love this as a daily event, specially when you were planning for a relaxing and a long lazy holiday. I pray to God that all those Buntys and Bablis live happily ever after and may I find peace at home!
Au revoir!
