Weddings be like....

India is a country where diverse festivals are celebrated (Just go and see the calendar; it’ll be full of red and green dates.) Adding up to the number of celebrations are ‘Weddings’. They are celebrated in a manner no less than any festival is.

Every Indian, on an average, gets enough wedding invitation cards; the ones with bold colours get to deck-up the show pieces of the house and the simpler ones are discarded off after a few weeks. (And this fact is not supported by any research or survey.)

Overview of Indian weddings is that they are all more-or-less same (only if you see the people of only one region/zone getting married), excluding those people who have a large and diverse social circle (Given that North-South-East-West follow different rituals). Otherwise, all this stuff is usual and gradually our excitement gets limited to food only. As a kid, I used to get excited on getting such invitations. 

After some years of witnessing the same rituals being followed at each wedding ceremony I started getting bored More so because I’m not a dance freak. Dance freaks still have a gala time shaking the leg to the loud beats.

Additionally, the ones who are getting married and their respective families hardly get to enjoy the occasion. They are too  burdened to enjoy it. This reminds me of my sibling’s wedding where we (excluding my mom and dad) were just busy carrying our outfits. We didn’t even get to eat properly although we weren’t given many (read any) responsibilities. Now when we discuss it we are as clueless as ever as to what were we doing, what kept us busy - we weren’t doing the marriage chores, we didn’t eat food, we weren’t dancing like crazies…. It’s a mystery unresolved.

Talking about mom and dad they were busy taking care of all the arrangements and the corresponding responsibilities, worrying that none of the guests must go ‘not satisfied.’ 

A major chunk of the savings is spent on this single day only. (Just think of the numerous ways in which this money could have been put to a better use.) And there is this stupid ritual that the bride’s father has to keep a fast for the day. (Which dad followed much to my annoyance).

On part of the people attending it, it works as a great get-together where you are seeing  almost forgotten people after months (sometimes years too!) At times it has happened that I’ve failed to recognise the people greeting me and where I just nod smilingly, pretending to know them. This time gap also results in mistaken identities… (One such incident keeps coming to my mind which I’ve discussed earlier as well)

What to say about that Video making process; it all looks so fake and their (video-makers) favourite part is to capture the ‘who ate what’ moments of the people attending it.


Enough of cribbing, I’m ending this post with this:
Nowadays marriages have more of a platform to show off your wealth your lavish ways. It is seen upon as an ego booster where the one gets the other party to bow to their demands to reinstate their status. Loads of money being spent on unnecessary luxuries

P.S. I might come across as a misogamist but I’m not so. Not really!