Marriage- A Celebration or A Humdrum of Formalities
My friends would know, just last week my sister got married and I flew home for the occasion but that wasn't the only purpose. Being from a Brahmin family, essentially the priests of the Hindu religion and the supreme of the myriad of castes it hosts, I have to undergo a ritual called 'Upnayan sanskar' in order to become a Brahmin and apparently its a big deal.
However it did destroy my life. I had to lose all my hairs and be bald, strip before hundreds of people on several occasions, no clothes to wear on the top half of the body (way to aggravate major insecurities), no shower for 3 hot summer days, no food for 5 days (except fruits and sweets which I outgrew in hours). It was a total nightmare. And all this religious torture was happening to me in a house filled with a million guests, some of which are seeing me after 10 years or so, coming together for the wedding.
Well coming back to the topic in hand. I am not at all a fan of the Hindu wedding. No!! I am not one of those 'seculars' who hate their own religion, just because. Sure its colourful and everything but here, let me explain it to you. In a Christian wedding for example, the bride and the groom are both pampered so much. They go to spas together, dress fitting, cake tasting, plan the event together, throw bachelor parties and dance, eat, shop, etc etc. Now here what my sister went through. No food for 4 days, no shower for 3 days before and 2 after the wedding, no getting out of the house for weeks, everything being planned by parents including the person she married, no dancing and no partying what so ever. All the dancing and partying was done by the relatives and my sis wasn't even there most of the times.
Coming to the relatives- Moodier than me when kept hungry for 4 days. Pouting every now and then cuz the refrigerated water reserve got over, or somebody told their monstrous kids to behave cuz they showered with all the refrigerated water reserve and that's why it is over in the first place. For god's sake!! Do these people even see the bride, the person of the event and whats she's going through right now. So stop bitching and be happy that you bitches were invited at all!!! That's not all. Any opportunity of taunting amongst each other wont go untapped at all. Its like an entertainment to them. God forsaken villagers!! But I guess this is what every Bihari wedding is like, its always the same.
Don't get me wrong!! I have always hated children, but this time I wanted to murder some of them. This tiny little annoying people with IQ's in decimals and no respect for property whatsoever got on my nerves very quickly. They would waste so much of resources like water, electricity, destroy made up beds like thousand times a day, crying and shrieking all the time, beating each other up (that was the only fun thing about them!! :p), making horrible insensitive comments about people and me in particular :( , running away such that one fine day 2 of them were found 2 kms away from home. Oh! The things I would do to punish them if I were allowed( and if those things were legal). :p
I know I know I complain a lot. But this event was a total bummer for me. Even the weather was cruel. Above 40 degrees in Dhanbad right now. There was nothing enjoyable about this occasion at all. Insufferable rituals to insufferable little cousins, it was not a celebration for me. And everything else sounded hokum. If its anything, my elder sister's wedding was no different either.
Well coming back to the topic in hand. I am not at all a fan of the Hindu wedding. No!! I am not one of those 'seculars' who hate their own religion, just because. Sure its colourful and everything but here, let me explain it to you. In a Christian wedding for example, the bride and the groom are both pampered so much. They go to spas together, dress fitting, cake tasting, plan the event together, throw bachelor parties and dance, eat, shop, etc etc. Now here what my sister went through. No food for 4 days, no shower for 3 days before and 2 after the wedding, no getting out of the house for weeks, everything being planned by parents including the person she married, no dancing and no partying what so ever. All the dancing and partying was done by the relatives and my sis wasn't even there most of the times.
Don't get me wrong!! I have always hated children, but this time I wanted to murder some of them. This tiny little annoying people with IQ's in decimals and no respect for property whatsoever got on my nerves very quickly. They would waste so much of resources like water, electricity, destroy made up beds like thousand times a day, crying and shrieking all the time, beating each other up (that was the only fun thing about them!! :p), making horrible insensitive comments about people and me in particular :( , running away such that one fine day 2 of them were found 2 kms away from home. Oh! The things I would do to punish them if I were allowed( and if those things were legal). :p
I know I know I complain a lot. But this event was a total bummer for me. Even the weather was cruel. Above 40 degrees in Dhanbad right now. There was nothing enjoyable about this occasion at all. Insufferable rituals to insufferable little cousins, it was not a celebration for me. And everything else sounded hokum. If its anything, my elder sister's wedding was no different either.
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