THE Great Indian Arranged Marriage!

“The GREAT Indian ARRANGED Marriage”

The biggest adventure to do is the arranged marriage. Everyone associated with the “tamasha” experiences some kind of adrenaline kick! How?
 Let me try to assemble my disoriented thoughts on this one..

The main characters of the drama are: 

Maa –
The most pivotal character in the whole exercise is the Mother of the groom/bride! 
She stresses out the maximum in all aspects and wields solid veto power.
 All approvals, rejections, hysterics etc find their origin from her.
She even uses the bait of the upcoming nuptials to get a discount from retailers. For example : “ arre, bitiya ki shaadi ki shopping yahi se karenge, thoda discount to banta hai".

Pitaji – has the most ardous task of smiling and looking authoritative whereas everyone knows who really helms the power.
 He is the finance guy and the face of the family to the world..

Relatives –
 Most interesting clan members. Whether it is bhua, fufa, masi, masa, mama, mami etc.. 
Every family definitely boasts of one black sheep who will criticise, comment, get jealous, spite people with just her/his talks and existence.

Some good relatives, can even bring forward a proposal which can be turned into a solemn bond between the families.

Bride and Groom – How do u expect to finalise a person in that 15 minute of conversation has always mesmerised me.
Its like a blindfold game of teen patti at super high stakes.

Clearing all hurdles of yes, no and maybe, the courtship period starts! 
The phone bills, internet usage, last seen on whatsapp, skype credits, blushes, smiles, gifts etc are on a all time high !!

Caterers,event planners, decorators etc- harassed people in the marriage ceremony. Most of them have reputation on stake to perform perfectly well in a high profile wedding, which ensures more business to follow.

Most important person is the ASTROLOGER !! 
yes, he is the person who has the “knowledge” of guiding parents about the favourable position of the STARS!! 
At times, i feel they dupe people of more and more money by making all proposals seem as unfavourable. ! 
“your time will start from march...; march goes.. the stars have shifted, ur time will start from may” etc and so on...