The ‘little girl’ in me has been very confused lately…On one leash she has a Golden Retriever while the other is being tugged by a Labrador (yes, the crazy canine from ‘Marley and Me’) and she is unable to make up her mind on which one of these pretty pups would be more visually appealing in her family portrait with Mr. Charming and two kids (a girl and a boy to make it ‘perfect’. Come on if this is going to be a fantasy ride I might as well make it perfect!).
The ‘big girl’ has been busy filling her life with more soul satisfying socially engaging projects…
Meanwhile the ‘not so traditional’ Naidu household of mine has embarked upon a new socially appealing, personally embarrassing, traditionally approved project… ‘Indian Arranged Marriage.’
Before you set out to get a hang of this 5000 year old ethnic practice of ‘Indian Arranged Marriage’ system you need to understand two very important terminologies…and if the genius in you could gather enough grey cells to find an atom of fathomable logic in either one of them, I am eagerly waiting to learn.
Marriageable age: a terminology that states that it is not your EQ but DOB which determines whether you are ready for marriage. It has graciously been biased to the female gender…we get to legally become financially and emotionally dependent on the opposite sex comparatively earlier in life. Oh yes we girls get to celebrate our happily ever afters’ by the age of 25 while the men have to wait until they are a good 28 - 32 to experience their first times…XXX.
Horoscope: A prospective bride and groom’s physical and emotional compatibility is based on the score obtained by matching the positions of the nine planets at the time of their birth (or was it ten? Something like that…At this point of time, I am not sure which has been more compromised my belief in astrology or my attention deficit disorder specifically with Grade 5 Science).
It has also been 'anti – traditional' to question an Indian man’s Intellectual ability and hence the aspect of ‘Intellectual Compatibility’ was never integrated into this 5000 year old astro-science.
It doesn’t matter if you are carrying a cholesterol filled Aorta coupled with a half functional kidney and a disintegrating liver due to your over indulgence in pleasures of liquor and life or even a compromised immune system with the only smart virus we humans could borrow from the monkeys…as long as the planets indicate you’re you’re a a perfectly compatable couple with a score of alteast a 7 out of the perfect 10 your EQ, IQ or even your HealthQ doesn’t matter…and I thought a band 7 in IELTS was only meant to assure you of a Residency Visa in Australia.
So how does this ‘Arranged Marriage’ system actually function???
A system where the parents and their parents and their sisters and brothers and their wives and their sisters-in-law and mothers-in-law figure out by this perfectly impeccable logical ‘horoscope’ compatibility test that two individuals who have reached a ‘marriageable age’ actually make a perfect match and would live happily ever after. Phew!
…and I thought marriage was all about love and companionship…wonder my facebook status still reads ‘single’.
Anton Chekhov was perhaps at the peak of his enlightenment when he said, “if you are afraid of loneliness don’t marry.”
So…to all the Cinderellas’ out there… Girl-friends’ are for Love and ‘Golden Retrievers’ are for Companionship as for Marriage…its shaadi.com!!!
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To all Ms. Cinderella's in the world - and especially the ones from the beautiful sub continent of INDIA - its just not you; its almost everybody in that age group.
ReplyDeleteBut as you know and believe there is a Prince CHARMING for every Cinderella - and there should be a Mary for every Price Frederik like me.
or as 'Sex in the City' says - "Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies." - feels great to be single with no commitments.
We just have 1 life - its better to enjoy it the way that you want it to be - and there is somebody out there who is your exact match, its just that he/she is with the wrong ppl or women till now - wait till he finds u and u will be on top of the world or those 9 or 10 planets smiling down on those horoscopes ;P
just keep all options open - it might be shaadi.com or it might be even the guy next door (endha puthula endha pambu irrukumnu u never know)
cheers
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Hey no matter what, all said and done, there is love in the air inspite of this rushing and hurrying trend of life, where its all about automation and so called development....love still happens, yes it does happen, its upto an individual to actually recognise it, embrace it, accept it and savour it. Love is unconditional saying so, it differs from person to person, situation to situation, however, like any other process it has its ground rules and the fundamentals still remain unchanged..........hey I have witnessed some awesome love stories, tragedies, victories and painful disasters, yet my heart sings.........to be in love and to be loved even for a moment is worth a life time.....Missy love happens and love exists. Now regards to the INDIAN ARRANGED MARRIAGES well the less said the better, there is always bitter sweet taste with the system, I am not against it, but when love doesnt happen it doesnt hurt to revert back to that system if it helps...now comes the matching criteria ufff my goodness gracious the list is endless.....opps am already tired even thinking about it, I dont think I will list them here, but I guess if every family adheres to certain core criteria and dont rate them ridiculously......if every BOY and GIRL have realistic expectations...I guess the hunt gets easier and the shopping gets done faster...I mean finalising the BOY & the girl, and I beleive once the couple are knotted!! the respective families must/should step back as far as possible so that the couple grow up, sort out and work out every good bad ugly situation themselves and emerge strong sensible wise matured and its the love between the couple that keeps them bonded no matter what!!! the families must just leave the couple alone, and remain like a fly on the wall, and offer support (any shape form etc...) only if all options have been evaporated.................Marraige is a phase in life, its one of the best school that helps build a strong character refine personality.......
ReplyDeleteTill you find love or an arranged boy to LOVE!!! missy enjoy this moment with all the possible shopping spreees, gossing about the BOYS/Men......smash them, stab them, blame them what ever.......................be like those damzels in those fancy soaps like Sex & The City type fo chics!!! who cares...............enjoy but am sure you know when/where to stop!!!!!