Sunday, November 20, 2005
the Wedding INs and OUTsSo, the Dawn wedding extravaganza is here! Now even the sacred institution of marriage is not safe from material gains. I wont be surprised now if I see the tag of a designer upon a bride’s jora (you can already find mothers proudly telling ‘poore 150,000 lakh ka jora banaya hai apni beti k liye’)
And I though a wedding was all about a red dress, a hall, a caterer, guests and the ever-annoying photographer, but thanks to the wedding supplement of Dawn I’ve now found out that a caterer is OUT while a wedding planner is IN.
And remember the good old pictures of your parents wedding where the dulhan had a ghoongat on her face? Wee that too is OUT, instead the SKIN is IN.
And those teary eyed, sharmeely bride?? Well stay away from her, she is OUT. The chirpy, bold bride is IN who mingles with the guests at the wedding and does not hesitate in anything.
And not so long ago people proudly proclaimed that they have booked Depilex for the wedding day, oh but that too is OUT, go to those insanely expensive parlors at Zamzama or Sheraton, that, mind you is IN.
And those tamboo weddings? That old green tent? The white covered chairs? Those plastic flowers on the tables? Obviously how could you even think of those? They are OUT. Go for lacy and color coordinated decors. I went to a cousin’s mehendi last year. And believe me I hadn’t seen such a setting ever before. Everything, from flowers, to carpet, to the stage, to the chair coverings, to the dinner table, every little thing was done in shades of yellow and orange. My mother commented to the brides mother, ‘Apa mashallah bari mehnat ki hai decoration per, kiska idea tha?’ and she replied instantly, ‘Arey nahi nahi, idea kisi ka nahi hamne to sare functions ka contract de diya hai ik planner ko!’ and upon the scandalous looks of my mother she added, ‘Akhir zamane k saath saath chalna parta haina, dekho na iski susral bhi to bare pese wali haina!’
At the same wedding, my amazement knew no limits when at the jora-takai, I saw five strange men in the drawing room, beautifully and very artistically packing the brides jahez! And I thought that was totally done by the bride’s friends and cousins!
Uff yeh zamana!
So, hurry up all you future brides and grooms, the race is on, lets see who spends (read throws) the most money.