Great Indian Sale
If you are expecting news about some e-commerce site’s sale, you have landed up in the wrong place. This post is no where related to that. This, however, is of another type of event that takes place in our Country; something that is celebrated with great joy. And if you are in your twenties, you will surely relate to this!
Yes, I am talking about the marriages in India. Don’t raise an eyebrow. This is no less than any sale here. If you don’t trust me, ask a guy/girl of 20 something. They will be knowing the pain of having put up for display. If the girl is in her early twenties, then it is the perfect time for marriage. Dreams, aspirations are all just words. She can pursue it later if she is so ambitious. But marriage comes first! Why? Because her market value decreases as she turns old. No, the wine principle doesn’t apply here. It is the opposite – younger the better! You should see the reactions. “25 and still not married? Girl! Are you out of your mind? What will you do if you can’t find a suitable guy later? Your life will be doomed”
You can find relatives, neighbors and even people you don’t know get so excited about the idea of marriage. Suddenly they all become marriage brokers, a task they take upon themselves with so much pride. They frantically search for a suitable match before someone else could find one and break their track record! Mind you this is no easy task. Because the clients have their requirement specifications charted out well and they never like to compromise. After frantically searching for a client whose requirements can be satisfied, it is time for another round of madness. Matching the horocopes to find if the girl and boy can lead a happy life in the future. And, if by mistake, the horoscope matches, then that is the end. The girl will be sold out successfully and before she even knows what is happening with her life, she will find herself in a new home, with a new set of people.
And what about the people who struggled so hard with the match-making? Of course, those aunties never sit idle. They go in search of a new prospective (the word scares me a lot) bride for their next great sale. After all, their pride depends on their track record of successful match makings!
Nope, I am not soldout yet but I am fast approaching the end of the suitable age they say 😛 I am definitely fed up with these talks. Speak about marriage and I will run far far away!! Have you had such nasty experiences? Let me know in the comments below.
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Until the next post,
Keep Smiling 🙂
Love,
Swathi 🙂
What I find most amusing is that both the groom and bride are referred to as the ‘boy” and ‘girl’ even though they are well into adulthood!
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HA HA HA!!!! This is a hilarious take on the Indian marriage as tackled by the well meaning relatives! Great post Swathi
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As a guy who’s not a big fan of horoscopes, I have watched my parents adamantly push for it even when no compatibility exists at all. Those stars can be a major pain in the ass if they match. Sadly, the converse holds true if they dont match for couples in love too, I guess 🙁
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oh the match making aunties… they always have some distant relative’s cousin’s brother ready for an unmarried girl 😀 It’s like they are walking talking bharat matrimony 😀 You are going to have some fun soon 😛
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Oh, I was expecting the other sale. LOL 😀
Though personally, I dont have any experience in this sale but have seen it happening for a few cousins.
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I feel you! Going through that phase you know! If ever visit any of relatives house, the only question they ask is “When are you getting married?” That is so annoying!
All the best to not getting sold out until you are ready to 😛
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The whole idea of these arranged marriages is certainly foreign to me in Canada. I remember in the early 1980s I had a friend in Montreal who came from Indian to marry her Indian husband who now lived in Canada. They had never even met. I thought that was very brave of her. I take it you don’t take too kindly to the arranged marriage tradition, Swathi? I don’t think I would be either.
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Hahaha! I instantly thought of “marriage” when I read your post title!
I’ll be forty next year, so I’m past my “expiry date”! 😛
No neighborhood aunties trying to sell me out anymore! 😀
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Oh! Just don’t get me started on this! I am so damn frustrated with this whole wedding talk! I wonder how someone’s marriage can be someone else’s life’s mission!
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Oh, I’m done with those aunties for life! We have so many of those around us. Hilarious post, this was. 😀
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It happens all the time. And with boys, it’s more like he should have more options to choose from.. as if we’re talking about some dishes that he has to try and select the one that he likes the most!
Anything related to marriage in our country is simply hopeless… talk about aunties and they will have all the stories to tell! There are so many notions that prevail around us that need immediate stop!
Cheers
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Argh! Don’t get me started. That’s all I’m gonna say :@ :@
More than the aunties, it’s parents who need to chill. Aunties too, but if parents hit the brakes, the aunties would lose interest soon.
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You really had me with the title. I thought I have landed on a wrong blog 😀 Hilarious post and totally to the point. I agree with Sreesha here, even parents need to chill a bit, there are so many other things to do in life as well.
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Tell me about it! We once had a prospect for my sister and the would be MIL gave us a ‘list’ of gold and silver items they wanted us to give them during the wedding. That was the last we saw of them!
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Such a sad thing and I feel so angry with how the elders are first after our lives to get married and then to have babies 🙁 It’s like quicksand.
Luckily for me, I had found VT or the other way round, so I wasn’t put up in the market. If I was, I would have preferred to stay single.
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So funny! What an apt analogy, Swathi! Big weddings and rituals are boring!
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