Marriage Blues....

A blog dedicated to recounting My Good friends Engagement Day

Just back from attending Sujit & Divya's engagement @ Belapur.. Thanks Sujit for keeping it in my backyard.. atleast I could feast on a good lunch.. For starters.. our frnd had no clue what time the Muhurat was... I guess, Divya & company didn't want him or any of his frnd to be aware.. rather preferred to keep all of us in suspense.. Having reached the venue all starved & with a good appeatite by 10.30 ( time provided by sujit was between 10 & 12); found the hall empty... spent a while watching Afridi whitewash Dravid & co.. befr hunger demanded; that i grab a bite... Well, by the time, i was well nourished, our Dulheraja was there... dressed in all his splendour.. A Pink or was it Orange Sherwani along with white Dupatta... The surprising thing is; when it comes to such matrimonial functions; it is the fairer sex who take the limelight.... As i entered the hall; there was a sea of woman all around... Can unnerve even the most metrosexual of males... phew.. took a while for me to figure out in which burrough the Dulhe raj was hidding.. His Eng chums.. Kamal, Sardar & others were egging his morale upwards... giving him last minute tippanis... Well, i guess they were more capable & experienced in such maters.. while I managed to stay back & enjoying the show....

Well, Sujit was definitely in high spirits.... I guess, given the senti mails that he has been blasting us with; it was expected. The killer came; when his colleague ( a babe from Wipro ) demanded that he introduce her to the woman about whom he has been raving all these days.. Ahhaaa.. Blush..Blush... by now his face was matching the colour of his sherwani... turning from Orange to deep Pink...

Finally, when the dame arrived; dressed in Kasave sari.. & accompanied by the usual brigade of all n sundry; Mr. Smith wa sstanding right @ the back of the auditorium.. No amount of requests would bring him to the front.. He probably wanted to peacefully enjoy his last few minutes of solitude.. leaving Divya to handle the limelight.. Even a desperate attempt to call her on the Cell came a croper; when she nonchalantly disconnected his call... My sympathies were with him.. but, there was nothing much i could have done, except enjoy the sight of a good friend being guillitioned without any mercy & others egging him along... Phew..

Finally, the moment of truth.. The Bride & GrrrroooooM made their way to the throne... Got a feeling ..everbody was in a hurry... The whole ativity/ritual of exchanging Rings.. ( isn't that .. ppl exchange ..on such occassions..) ... was always meant to be a very personal activity... Even before the camera men could focus; the whole process was over..
The camera team were paid to capture such intimate moments for posterity.. But, the speed @ which Sujit & Divya ran throug the proceedings; there was a huge commotion from the snappers... They demanded a RETAKE... & that too in slow motion.. this time under their supervision... that was how i managed to grab this snap.. Divya's dad who was getting rather impatient @ his daughter being hassled by the snapers; gave an ultimatum.. "How many Times would u get them engaged..They r already stressed; don't add to it.." Being an elderly bloke; these thougts fell on deaf years... as the snappers had the last laugh.

Now came the tough task of shaking hands & exercising those facial muscles.. I would say the most happless/thankless of all activities.... (but isn't it always better to exercise atleast one muscle part). Even u'r worst comarrades need to be handled with care.. Kys musibat .. but, i guess all that comes as a packaged deal... No sooner was all that over; there was a sense of Dejavu..Accomplishment amongst all the Elders... Could overhear some stinging remarks ( now, he can no longer be a wanderer; he has to be accountable; having signed on the general priciples of Governance) albeit accompanies by giggles & smiles...
Does the bloke @ the altar even have any inkling about the drrraamaa that is enacted behind the scenes... Aiggeeeee...... Scares the shit out of me.... Makes u feel like a pawn caught in an end game... Even if u hapen to be a master strategist like Vishy Anand; u still can't help....Hmmmm

So.. what's up with the newly engaged dikro & dikri... Whie they were busy shaking ( hands i.e); forcing up a smiley & letting others snap them; I descided to catch up on some cricket action.. The situation there was worse.. 7 down, with Inzy back @ the crease after retiring hurt earlier... All kind of Bhajans from Harbhajan was not sufficient to make the ball turn... Well, I dislike closed spaces.. so need to make my way up & down.. Having returned into the harlem; descided to enact the customary " Oh laalaa. Wish U A Happy Married Wife..oops life..blah.blah.." followed by a series of snaps.. I feel most ppl, land up on the dias just to have their snaps taken... Wonder why??? A few years down the line, how on earth is one expected to keep track of all these blokes.. Hopefully, in the future, u might have ppl wearing a name tag or even better carry an RFID tag ; thereby enabling the organisers to keep track of the ppl who have come.
( Hmm..putting my Technology Management fundas to use..!!)

Having completed all the formalities & most of all done the honorable task of nourishing my tummy; it was time to make a move ... well, the coming weeks in college are going to be crazy... The digicam i had borrowed from my colleague helped me upload the snaps.....@ short notice...

Do, u seen any similarity between the 2 images .........

Is some one Singing....... the QUEEN Number...
" I Wanto BREAK FREE...."....

while the folks keep singing...
" We WILL We WILL Rock U "


Hey Guys.. all said, i might be a bit cynical about this whole drama that the society expects ppl to follow or adapt to......
Marriages, engagements etc are interesting events to observe social behaviour of humans.... & understand what drives them.....!!



Sujitbhai.... all said, Both of u make a perfect picture.. I guess after upteen number of searches; u have finally managed to track u'r lady .. Congratulations on desciding to get married & setlle down & all that.. I would imagine, 10th Feb is when the final act is to be perfromed ... @ a place near Chembur... Being a friday, not sure; if i can escape from classes to snap a good sadhya ... but definitely looking forward to it...

click here for downloading the snaps..... >ALBUM