"As a token of my gratitude for mentioning me in ur blogs...here's a gift" ~~ Sabina Zacharias
Thnx Sabi yet again!
An Engaging Affair....
I and my hubbs...ok ok lemme take the complete credit here ...are a sucker for celebrations!!! At the drop a hat I need a gift n a party....well our almost empty bank accounts speaks for itself!!
Hmmm so the latest excuse for a party was the 2nd anniv of our engagement...hee hee hee!!! As you'll agree this occasion befits a candle-lit dinner n a gift to make my day! Now the candle lit dinner is the easy part - after all my hubbs is partner-in-crime as far as eating out is concerned! But the 'gifting' part is where the twist comes........ buying or rather remembering to buy gifts just doesnt fit into my hubb's scheme of things!! So a week in advance he should be cajoled and reminded and given more than subtle hints to ensure tht I get my gift!!
Hmmm so the latest excuse for a party was the 2nd anniv of our engagement...hee hee hee!!! As you'll agree this occasion befits a candle-lit dinner n a gift to make my day! Now the candle lit dinner is the easy part - after all my hubbs is partner-in-crime as far as eating out is concerned! But the 'gifting' part is where the twist comes........ buying or rather remembering to buy gifts just doesnt fit into my hubb's scheme of things!! So a week in advance he should be cajoled and reminded and given more than subtle hints to ensure tht I get my gift!!
Ha even before u start empathizing on the amount of work I gotta do, lemme tell you its just the start!! The entire day is spent in researching the 'chosen place' for dinner..... no mean task considering it should be done under the glaring eyes of my boss...Thank You Microsoft for the 'Alt' + 'Tab'! (For the computer illiterates, this shortcut is used to shift between windows)
After a thorough study the 'chosen one' for the night out was hotel 'Umerkot' .........'Umerkot' take a bow for this privilege :-p. N ho yeah yeah after the dinner I take a bow for a work well done.....Umerkot lives up to its name (This place deserves a post in itself...so all u foodies out there watch out this space!).
The only hiccup at Umerkot was that they had no provision for candle lit dinner....Not that I had noticed it...U C I was so engrossed with the food :-p. N then comes my fav dessert time
......N this time a a 'Candle Lit' dessert!!!!!! N before u go bwondering what it is....lemme enlighten u!! Our desserts "Angoori Kufli" n "Rabdi" came with a candle in between!!! For a sec I thot the steward was acting funny........he had this goofy smile when I had ordered them n now he brings it along with a candle!!!! (BTW the service there is impeccable...always at your service but never intruding into your privacy.)
......N this time a a 'Candle Lit' dessert!!!!!! N before u go bwondering what it is....lemme enlighten u!! Our desserts "Angoori Kufli" n "Rabdi" came with a candle in between!!! For a sec I thot the steward was acting funny........he had this goofy smile when I had ordered them n now he brings it along with a candle!!!! (BTW the service there is impeccable...always at your service but never intruding into your privacy.)
Ha only later did I know the real story! Ma ever resourceful hubbs had made up for the 'candle lit' dinner with a 'Candle Lit' dessert!! howwzzaaatttt?? N to imagine that he had arranged for all this beforehand including the dessert selection of "Angoori Kufli" n "Rabdi"....It was just a co-incidence that my picks were same.....n this also explains the goofy smile the steward had!! What makes this extra special is the fact that my hubbs is not this mushy mushy kinds n to imagine that he took the effort to arrange all this means a lot to me :)
N now coming to the other significant event of the day - the gifts!! Phew after all the hungama......I didnt pick up any for my hubbs :(. I swear I had made a sincere effort there but nothing matched my expectations :) My hubbs did better than that...He gifted me with these cute butterfly earings ...of course he missed all the subtle hints on the gift that I was expecting!!! Ha but no worries Valetines day isnt far away!! But the best of them all was this collage Sabi (No prizes for guessing who she is) had gifted......... Nice one hey!!!
PS: I did get my hubbs a turtle neck T-shirt a full week later. N another twist is tht the Satyam fiasco happened on this very day......all in all I am sure you all agree tht the 'Engagement Day' was indeed an engaging affair!!!!!
Ye blog sab(h)i padhe......
Last week was a long one...lots happening at the work place .........the Satyam Fiasco, the job insecurity, anxious calls from near n dear ones, the fast approaching project deadline, last minute confusions on whether to to go outstation, job hunt.....Ho yeah it was indeed a week with too much on the platter! So much so that by Friday evening all I was famished n all I to was grab something quick to eat n hit the sack!!
But surprise surprise.....the dinner menu had some yummy home made kerala fish curry, fish fry n 'morr curry' (roughly translated to curd Curry)...all my favourites!! N hey wait the surprise doesn't end here...after this I was treated to a bottle of 'Canberry' Bacardi...my fav flavour!!! N ho now with a full stomach a light hangover(ho yeah even a glass of wine gives me a kick......) all I had to do was hit the bed!! But hey my royal treatment doesn't end so soon..... Am treated to a bed time story of 'Rumpeltilskin' n a 'lori' of 'Stopping by woods on a snowy evening ~~ Robert Frost' (The lori singer seems a big a English literate lover hey!'')!!! Pure heaven I tell you.....
Ha I know many of u would be having your 'J' cells ...after all how many of u at the ripe age of 26 have the luxury of being lulled to sleep after a tiring week!! BTW Wondering who this archangel is??? Ladies and gentleman lemme take the privilege of Introducing to you my best friend, my nanny(:-p), the best cook ever..........please put your hands together for "Sabina Zacharias" ...Yeah yeah the 'better Half' of Sabi-Binoy who once again- as usual pop into my blogs!!)
Sabi dedicating this to you!! Thank u for being what u r...sweet, stupidly generous 'n' unselfish, caring n all the other blah blah blah! Ho yeah one of the best to have happened last must be getting to know you!! Ok now enuf of all the senti stuuf........Sabi go n amke sense of the title courtesy Pravin :) n stop picking up the grammatical mistakes int his post!! I am no EFL student of urs........
PS: This weekend again saw a repeat performance of this show!!!!
But surprise surprise.....the dinner menu had some yummy home made kerala fish curry, fish fry n 'morr curry' (roughly translated to curd Curry)...all my favourites!! N hey wait the surprise doesn't end here...after this I was treated to a bottle of 'Canberry' Bacardi...my fav flavour!!! N ho now with a full stomach a light hangover(ho yeah even a glass of wine gives me a kick......) all I had to do was hit the bed!! But hey my royal treatment doesn't end so soon..... Am treated to a bed time story of 'Rumpeltilskin' n a 'lori' of 'Stopping by woods on a snowy evening ~~ Robert Frost' (The lori singer seems a big a English literate lover hey!'')!!! Pure heaven I tell you.....
Ha I know many of u would be having your 'J' cells ...after all how many of u at the ripe age of 26 have the luxury of being lulled to sleep after a tiring week!! BTW Wondering who this archangel is??? Ladies and gentleman lemme take the privilege of Introducing to you my best friend, my nanny(:-p), the best cook ever..........please put your hands together for "Sabina Zacharias" ...Yeah yeah the 'better Half' of Sabi-Binoy who once again- as usual pop into my blogs!!)
Sabi dedicating this to you!! Thank u for being what u r...sweet, stupidly generous 'n' unselfish, caring n all the other blah blah blah! Ho yeah one of the best to have happened last must be getting to know you!! Ok now enuf of all the senti stuuf........Sabi go n amke sense of the title courtesy Pravin :) n stop picking up the grammatical mistakes int his post!! I am no EFL student of urs........
PS: This weekend again saw a repeat performance of this show!!!!
The Satyam Spirit....Proud to be a Satyamite!!
Ho yeah am employed with the now (in)famous satyam Computers. But no this blog isn't to discuss abt the Satyam fiasco.....Will leave that to media! Thou I think its time somebody pulls up media for painting what is at times a completely wrong picture....
Wondering whats left in Satyam to be still proud of it?well am still proud of being a Satyamite......am proud of the Satyam spirit!!The spirit that is holding the employees together! Do not go by what media says...yeah most of us have a fear of insecurity in us but the most overwhelming of the feelings is the spirit of unity...The spirit among employees to still hold the Satyam flag high!! Trust me when I say that there are guys who are busy working day in day out on their projects and haven't even thot of posting their resumes yet! N no we do not keep hanging around the pantry and discussing the exit options as media wants you to believe!
Think this emotional attachment to a company is foolish?? Well our loyalty is not to a individual but to a company....cause we believe Satyam is bigger than any individual! N as to what Mr.Raju did, I agree it was unfortunate but please do not forget that he had provided livelihood to more than 50 k families including me and I personally believe he did try his best to pull out the company from this crisis but a few wrong calculations landed him and all of us in this soup!! No, I am not trying to defend him...but yeah my heart goes out to him!!!
One of my colleagues Hemanth (https://imailhyd.satyam.com/OWA/redir.aspx?C=4f72dc9450d6450187e8a7a7cd38ac74&URL=http%3a%2f%2fhemanthkakumanu.blogspot.com%2f2009%2f01%2fsatyam-we-stand-by-you-till-last-minute.html ) in a email to me says "I agree he did a mistake bt we have survive the company ....its our own company nt Raju family's.... I cnt even think of some one splitting this org in to parts and distribute.... I am still providing 24/7 support to the project.... Just sleeping 3-4 hrs since last two days cause any small slippage at this point would be attributed to this fiasco.......i am ready to wrk without salry bt at onsite i will ask thm to give half sal becoz we cant survive here without money."
N no Hemanth is not a one off case....The turn out of Satyamites for the 'Spirit of Satyam' Campaign two days after the fiasco talks in itself!!! Ho yeah its this spirits among Satyamites that makes me say "Proud to be a Satyamite"!!!!
Bye Bye 2008....Hey 2009!!
Bidding bye bye to 2008 and leaving u all with a collage of 2008!!! 2009, Here we come!!!
Oye Santa Hoye Banta
This weekend saw us having a gala Christmas night...yeah a full week early; u c we believe in starting early......remember "The early bird catches the worm"....But this funda applies only when having fun :)
This Christmas was kinda my first! Now b4 u go bonkers wondering what I was doing till the ripe old age of 26 lemme clarify.....this was the first of its kind that I celebrated in its true style...complete with our own SantaClaus, Christmas Tree, Home brewed wine n home baked caked .........cool hey!!
The story goes like this.... The only 'couple Friends' who we have...yeah the same old Sabi-Binoy who keep popping in into every other blog of mine invited us over for a Christmas Night.The confusion over the venue - Our Place vs their place was on till last minute....But when Pappy decided that he is not budging out anywhere the venue was auto selected to 'their place' !!
We (i.e me n my hubbs) make our usual last minute entry loaded with gifts for all....N of course half of them weren't even gift wrapped....so much for our guest-o-sense!! N who else but santa (actually binoy in a Cor
ny santa mask) arrives to open the door and what a entry it was!! Beautiful carols playing in background n a fully decked up christmas tree!! (which has been duly hijacked to my place after the party :-p)
ny santa mask) arrives to open the door and what a entry it was!! Beautiful carols playing in background n a fully decked up christmas tree!! (which has been duly hijacked to my place after the party :-p)The party started over glass of rum(U c the home brewed wine was a super duper flop....but well Rum comes close) n Bacradi Breezer (No rum for me)!Then came the most exciting part.....Opening of gifts! But hey wait, where is the Santa to distribute the gifts........so over a round of 'Chits' Binoy is the chosen 
one to play Santa!!! N what a 'Santa' he made......The Santa Cap was a white 'chunni' made into a turban, The red white coat was a red Chikan Work Salwar kameez....ha ha ha we had a perfect 'Desi Santa'(Name courtesy Pravin :) ) N not to forget the pillow stuffed over his tummy which made him look '9 months pregnant'...ho ho ho!!!!N the came the gift distribution (much awaited by me).......n what a gift galore it was!! Personalized coffee mug, P
ersonalized candle stand (Inspired by me :) ), cutest Santa caps, CDs, Jeanie pants........
one to play Santa!!! N what a 'Santa' he made......The Santa Cap was a white 'chunni' made into a turban, The red white coat was a red Chikan Work Salwar kameez....ha ha ha we had a perfect 'Desi Santa'(Name courtesy Pravin :) ) N not to forget the pillow stuffed over his tummy which made him look '9 months pregnant'...ho ho ho!!!!N the came the gift distribution (much awaited by me).......n what a gift galore it was!! Personalized coffee mug, P
ersonalized candle stand (Inspired by me :) ), cutest Santa caps, CDs, Jeanie pants........
Then came a dancing session n what a performance it was.... Mummy N pappy, Me n Pappy, Me N Sabi, Pappy N Pravin, Pappy N Binoy n 
of course the best of ll Sabi....Just went onto prove that there are more left leggers to gimme company !
of course the best of ll Sabi....Just went onto prove that there are more left leggers to gimme company !The party ended with the drunken group wailing out 'Carols' (yeah 'wailing is the word) ......actually English poems (rolling of eyes)...u c we have 'English literate' group out here.......Thnx Sabi-Binoy 4 everything n making it a memmorable day 4 me!!!!
Not to forget another imp milestone of the day......I got my first bouquet fr
om my hubbs ....yeah after 2 good years of meeting!!!! The last I got was a plastic flower (I know,,,, even I was like aa plastic flower huh ..... @#$#$%$%^ ) ....but then in his usual amic
able style he comes up with a one liner..... "My love for u will last till this flower fades away"!
Not to forget another imp milestone of the day......I got my first bouquet fr
om my hubbs ....yeah after 2 good years of meeting!!!! The last I got was a plastic flower (I know,,,, even I was like aa plastic flower huh ..... @#$#$%$%^ ) ....but then in his usual amic
able style he comes up with a one liner..... "My love for u will last till this flower fades away"!Ha on this happy note I sign off and bade good bye to 2008!! Happy X-Mas and a gr8 New year to all of u!!!
Book Review: Hover Car Racer
As mentioned in my previous blog my current fav writer is the handsome Matthew Reiiley ......Notice the two 'T''s in 'Matthew' in contrast with the more common 'mathew'.....something to do with getting lucky with numerology he?? Ha keeping my stupid observations aside the latest of his books that I finished reading ....yeah, finished it a min back sitting in the comfort of my desk @ office....come on yaar, sab kooch chaltha he...afterall its a Friday....TGIF!!!!!
The reason for writing this blog - apart from the fact that am jobless- is the story line of the book! All the books of Matthew Railley are all in some way or the other linked to archeology and each a thriller and a must read.But "Hover Car Racer" is pleasantly different......A completely new story line on 'Racing with Hover Cars'....whoa that's a big shift from Archeology to Car Racing and once again full credit to Matheew's Railley...... Homework perfectly done and a seamless story line!!! Read more about Hover Cars at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercar.
Back to the book, it revolves around this young boy in a small desert in Australia who dreams to make it big in the world of Hover Car racing! As in his other books, the hero here is a gen
uinely nice person with no malice n how despite all kinds of pitfalls he makes it! The story is set in future - but the only futuristic thing about it is the technology. The liberal references and the perfect amalgam of all sports is so perfect that even somebody like me -who is completely ignorant of Car Racing -enjoyed the book thoroughly! Trust me there are a few literal 'Nail Biting' episodes here....... Another must read from Mathew Railley! The boojk makes u believe once again in the old saying "World does conspire to give u wht u desire"!
A few interesting anecdotes here.......
The reason for writing this blog - apart from the fact that am jobless- is the story line of the book! All the books of Matthew Railley are all in some way or the other linked to archeology and each a thriller and a must read.But "Hover Car Racer" is pleasantly different......A completely new story line on 'Racing with Hover Cars'....whoa that's a big shift from Archeology to Car Racing and once again full credit to Matheew's Railley...... Homework perfectly done and a seamless story line!!! Read more about Hover Cars at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercar.
Back to the book, it revolves around this young boy in a small desert in Australia who dreams to make it big in the world of Hover Car racing! As in his other books, the hero here is a gen
uinely nice person with no malice n how despite all kinds of pitfalls he makes it! The story is set in future - but the only futuristic thing about it is the technology. The liberal references and the perfect amalgam of all sports is so perfect that even somebody like me -who is completely ignorant of Car Racing -enjoyed the book thoroughly! Trust me there are a few literal 'Nail Biting' episodes here....... Another must read from Mathew Railley! The boojk makes u believe once again in the old saying "World does conspire to give u wht u desire"!A few interesting anecdotes here.......
- Seen the bollywood movie 'Ta ra rum pum' where Saif Ali khan is a car racer (ala our hero in 'Hover Car Racer') and a super duper one at that...well can our bollywood heros be anything but that? Everything goes fine till he meets with a nasty accident (
a setup by his competitor) and then his confidence, finance, family everything hits a all time low till in again a typical bollywood isshtyle he regains his past glory!! As you may have already guessed there is a similar episode in this book too but minus all Indian senti values ! Ofcourse am not trying to suggest any pirated lifts here......cause if u try putting together the books\movies from where our bollywood directors take their 'inspirations' ,the list will be endless!!!
- The other interesting similarity I figured out is the subtle similarity between 'Hover Car Racer' and 'Harry Potter'! Doesnt the team of Jason, Bug and Sally (the characters of our book) remind you of Harry Potter, Ron and Hermonie!!! Well must be again my imagination working over time.........
Kajra re Kajra re......
Ha this blog has nothing to do with any flimi songs!! It is rather a dedication to my fav kohl "Shahnaz Hussain Kajal"...rather deceptive title he!!
An Indian girl's tryst with kohl\Kajal begins almost as she is born......all kids(gender no bar) in their infant days have kajal smeared all over them....yeah not restricted to just eyes.....it spreads over to eyebrows, cheeks, chin, palms of hands n legs...ha ha almost no part is spared he!! Even I was no exception.....those who have been lucky enuf to c my childhood pics can vouch 4 it! A point to mention here is in good old days I am told that u don't pick up the kohl\kajal from a shelf in the next door shop but was supposedly home made!!
So back to me...from this cute 'Maamati kuttiyamma' (an Malayalam child actress whose dress n hair cut were the in-thing in early 80's .....couldnt get a pic of hers) look i go onto become this lanky, tall awkward looking child-teenager-young lady! The last thing that would be on my mind is dressing up...was more of those stupid nerd kinds!! Thankfully all changed when I landed up in a job....started getting more 'beauty conscious'!!But no luck with kaajal....In no time would it smudge all over my face giving me a ghastly look :( N how can your shringaar be complete minus the kaajal!. The condition worsens after marriage what with u being expected to be the pretty bride n to add to the horrors was my always perfectly turned up MIL (sob sob)!!
During this time I happen to be in London and my SIL introduces me to Shahnaz Hussain Kajal......For once here is a kaajal which doesnt smudge!! Guess its more to do with the packing.....its packed like your regular lipstick.....turn the tube and there pops out the kaajal making it v convenient to apply!! N now is the big hunt to find it....My SIL tells me that this pack is bought a year back n on her subsequent trips to India 
hadnt found a similar pack and even wondered why they stopped producing it......at that moment my heart shattered! I had even devised plans to planned to steal it (of course my SIL did offer it to me but me being my humble self had refused it :( )!!
hadnt found a similar pack and even wondered why they stopped producing it......at that moment my heart shattered! I had even devised plans to planned to steal it (of course my SIL did offer it to me but me being my humble self had refused it :( )!!N then after few months back am in Shahnaz Hussain beauty parlour (in Raheja Arcade, B'lore) n guess what I c peeping out of their shelves!! Yeah gal (am sure no boys will ever read this) u got it...it was Shahnaz Hussain Kajal!!!! I triple checked with the sales girl there n she was lamost at her wits end!! I did everything short of Tappan Kutti (Teen Maar) and since then Shahnaz Hussain Kajal has been a regular in my daily routine!!!!
So the next time you waana do a a "Kajra Re Kajra Re" (Kohl-Lined Eyes) use Shahnaz Hussain Kajal !!!
Jab we met...part 2
Read part 1 of the story before reading this post
The part 1 of the story ends at the point where the lucky boy arrives for a traditional 'girl seeing' ceremony! Well as all of u accustomed to these ceremonies might know, these are generally gloomy, sad event wherein everybody sits around with a grim face and the girl is paraded and a no.of stupid questions asked to judge her musical, culinary, artistic skills......! But well in our story there is a welcome change here.......
As soon as the girl (of course all decked up) walks in the guy treats her with a 10K watt smile and a 'hi' n the potential bride reciprocates it with no second thots ....n now this is in complete contrast to a shy bride...ha didn't I tell u our heroine is smart!! But of course the parents treat the girl with threatening glares as if to say 'Behave yourself' ! N after the tea n snacks are all eaten up somebody had the good sense to suggest that might be the hero n heroine should be given a chance to talk in private! N both of them jump up, grab up the chance n start talking away to glory!!
So what do u expect a gal n boy meeting up to decide whether they should spend rest of their life together to talk?? Might be some imp issues like future plans, career interest and so on. But well our hero n heroine decide to talk abt the fav hotels they know, their fav actors n actress, share notes about novels, movies, hobbies n all!! N the icing on the cake is after this IMPORTANT conversation they agree to marry each other (Mind u they make up their minds in a matter of 2-3 hours on basis of this flimsy conversation)!!!!!!!! Two years have passed since then and like a perfect fairy tale ending .....they live happily ever after.......
Liked the story??
Now Ladies and gentleman I take the pleasure to Introduce you to the young, dashing, handsome hero Pravin Menon(our hero) and his wife (the heroine) Meena Menon .....yeah thts meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! N Nov 22(tomorrow) is the day we first met and said yes!! N that I believe is the best ever decision I made in my life ( Touch Wood)......
~~~``"Marriage is ever made by destiny."
The part 1 of the story ends at the point where the lucky boy arrives for a traditional 'girl seeing' ceremony! Well as all of u accustomed to these ceremonies might know, these are generally gloomy, sad event wherein everybody sits around with a grim face and the girl is paraded and a no.of stupid questions asked to judge her musical, culinary, artistic skills......! But well in our story there is a welcome change here.......
As soon as the girl (of course all decked up) walks in the guy treats her with a 10K watt smile and a 'hi' n the potential bride reciprocates it with no second thots ....n now this is in complete contrast to a shy bride...ha didn't I tell u our heroine is smart!! But of course the parents treat the girl with threatening glares as if to say 'Behave yourself' ! N after the tea n snacks are all eaten up somebody had the good sense to suggest that might be the hero n heroine should be given a chance to talk in private! N both of them jump up, grab up the chance n start talking away to glory!!
So what do u expect a gal n boy meeting up to decide whether they should spend rest of their life together to talk?? Might be some imp issues like future plans, career interest and so on. But well our hero n heroine decide to talk abt the fav hotels they know, their fav actors n actress, share notes about novels, movies, hobbies n all!! N the icing on the cake is after this IMPORTANT conversation they agree to marry each other (Mind u they make up their minds in a matter of 2-3 hours on basis of this flimsy conversation)!!!!!!!! Two years have passed since then and like a perfect fairy tale ending .....they live happily ever after.......
Liked the story??
Now Ladies and gentleman I take the pleasure to Introduce you to the young, dashing, handsome hero Pravin Menon(our hero) and his wife (the heroine) Meena Menon .....yeah thts meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! N Nov 22(tomorrow) is the day we first met and said yes!! N that I believe is the best ever decision I made in my life ( Touch Wood)......
~~~``"Marriage is ever made by destiny."
Jab we met..Part 1
At the outset lemme clarify that this is nothing to do with the bollywood movie starring Kareena N shahid Kapoor Of course except the title.......Any resemblance found is purely co-incidental! This story is about the cutest couple in the world n how they met........
There lives a small happy family of father, mother with their two darling daughters. The story starts as their girl gets of the eligible age (read as marriageable age) and the parents start a groom hunting process n the girl being a dutiful daughter agrees to marry any boy selected by her parents....Ho yes! Girls like that still exist!!
N suddenly there is a drastic shift in the family activities..... The books subscribed are invariably the ones with (only) matrimonial ads, the websites browsed are only 'keralamatrimony.com', The first sheet to be read in the newspaper is 'Matrimonial Classifieds', the phone book is filled with contact details of eligible grooms\parents, the conversations with relatives\ friends always end up with this topic! This goes on for a year with no luck and then a astrologer is promptly consulted who after having a look at the girl's horoscope exclaims "Dosha Jaadagam' (I.e a horoscope with liberal spread of doshas) and draws out a big list of poojas to be performed!! So the girl is packed off to do all these parishkaarams (poojas to nullify your doshaas). The parents now go a step ahead and place a ad in paper advertising abt their daughter and inviting genuine proposals (Like she is a commodity!!)
Ha in all this drama don't forget the heroine of the story...yeah yeah the girl to be married thou she hardly seem to have any role here! Now now don't u for a minute jump to any conclusion that she is an old maiden whose sole purpose in life is get married, have kids n blah blah blah! Our heroine happens to be a smart, chirpy, beautiful confident software engineer!(Ho yeah, the story is very much set in 21st century thou few of u not accustomed to Indian traditions will find it a bit difficult to digest) . A imp point to be added here is that the girl does make a few valiant attempts to marry a person of her choice (ala love marriage) but well after a few utter flops the girl coyly agrees and leaves the choice to her parents!
Now back to matrimonial hunt, from the N no of proposals received (after all she is an 'eligible spinster') the parents do the first round of filtering followed by yet another round by astrologer and at last a lucky few are shortlisted! So one fine day one of the shortlisted canditates arrive for the traditional 'girl seeing' ceremony .....
To be continued here
There lives a small happy family of father, mother with their two darling daughters. The story starts as their girl gets of the eligible age (read as marriageable age) and the parents start a groom hunting process n the girl being a dutiful daughter agrees to marry any boy selected by her parents....Ho yes! Girls like that still exist!!
N suddenly there is a drastic shift in the family activities..... The books subscribed are invariably the ones with (only) matrimonial ads, the websites browsed are only 'keralamatrimony.com', The first sheet to be read in the newspaper is 'Matrimonial Classifieds', the phone book is filled with contact details of eligible grooms\parents, the conversations with relatives\ friends always end up with this topic! This goes on for a year with no luck and then a astrologer is promptly consulted who after having a look at the girl's horoscope exclaims "Dosha Jaadagam' (I.e a horoscope with liberal spread of doshas) and draws out a big list of poojas to be performed!! So the girl is packed off to do all these parishkaarams (poojas to nullify your doshaas). The parents now go a step ahead and place a ad in paper advertising abt their daughter and inviting genuine proposals (Like she is a commodity!!)
Ha in all this drama don't forget the heroine of the story...yeah yeah the girl to be married thou she hardly seem to have any role here! Now now don't u for a minute jump to any conclusion that she is an old maiden whose sole purpose in life is get married, have kids n blah blah blah! Our heroine happens to be a smart, chirpy, beautiful confident software engineer!(Ho yeah, the story is very much set in 21st century thou few of u not accustomed to Indian traditions will find it a bit difficult to digest) . A imp point to be added here is that the girl does make a few valiant attempts to marry a person of her choice (ala love marriage) but well after a few utter flops the girl coyly agrees and leaves the choice to her parents!
Now back to matrimonial hunt, from the N no of proposals received (after all she is an 'eligible spinster') the parents do the first round of filtering followed by yet another round by astrologer and at last a lucky few are shortlisted! So one fine day one of the shortlisted canditates arrive for the traditional 'girl seeing' ceremony .....
To be continued here
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