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Moments that matter ~~~

At 6:30 in the evening , it has sunk in my mind that the weekend is finally over ... Hmmmm .. This time round i dint come out of the Weekend mania ... U can attribute it to a very boring , damn slow and formal weekend ..formal bole to .. ek wedding attend ki .. Din't know any1 there .. But still had to smile at everyone ..saying namaste to all and sundry .. pretend to my parents that i'm not dying out of boredom .. and eating at every food stall with my kid brother .. ( though i enjoy that part - he eats everything with so much enthusiasm and vigour that i cannot help but adore him .. )
Talking of wedding ( shaadi receptions , family functions ) .. i have a lot to share .. all the facts are based on my perception of the same ...
Lets begin with the guests at a marriage ,, ...' mehmaan bhagwaan ' wala concept to purana ho gaya hai ..
People generally can be categorised in three ways :First and the most populous of the three ---These are the 'Come, eat n go' types .. khao piyo aur khisko , its the time to disco !! They generally come at a time when the dinner is about to start .. with their entire family ( chinku , pinku , mumyjee etc..) and straight away head for the food stalls , checking out what all stuff is there to binge on .. They also make it a point that they don't eat anything for the entire day before coming to the marriage ( arrey yaar , make full use of the available resources ! ) After sampling each and every delicacy , ( P.s : Do take notice that i used the word sampling .. ) they finally look to find any1 they know ,, just to say that its time for them to leave and 'it was nice having here' ... Don't mind , but at some point of time , each one of us has been in this category .. { its ok if u don't wanna admit it here }
Next comes the close relatives : the immediate family of the bride and the groom .. These people have a whole lot of characteristics .. and u can easily identify them from their peculiar ways ,, They all are dressed very heavily ... all glittering and shining ,, with loads of makeup ( read as coverup ) .. occupying the stage at every chance they get ... ( for photosession with the bride n groom .. wat else ! )
Aur haan ,, agar DCE ki yaadein taaza karu to , ek third category ke guests bhi hote hai .. "I m from both the girl's and boys side" Haan haan .. I know these are the ones who are dying of boredom and on the verge of finishing off their monthly allowance ( as well as their friends ..) They enter the marriage a bit apprehensively .. and look at every1 thinking that they have recognised them or not .. and shyly yet cooly they attack the food stalls ..

One thing more i felt .. when the Varmaala ( ** For starters , this is a damn cute ceremony where the bride and the groom exchange garlands )was going on , it must be such a beautiful and memorable moment for the couple .. But these days , there's no shortage of people who spoil it all .. Take for example the Cameraman and photographer ... Just imagine the scene " The Bride and the groom looking in each other's eyes with love , promise n commitment ... giving each other exceptional smiles , oblivious to the people around them ... and Just when the actual moment arrives .. They r told by the photographer ''look this way .. smile like that ... dont move ur hand .. maintain ur profile ... JUST STAY STILL " dammit how does he expect the bride to stay still when she is quivering with I don't know what ....
I cud really see the smile of the couple changed after the photographer intervened ... I cud see that a KODAK MOMENT was spoit by a stupid photographer ...
Isn't it that these days .. Everything is getting a commercial touch ... even our most special moments are becoming a victim to this ... What is the pupose of all this Jhamela if the feeling of the moment is lost ! I have learnt one thing in life that once a beautiful moment passes away .. it can never be resurrected ... So I feel we musn't let the sweet , cute n beautiful moments escape us , shudn't let them surrender to this artificiality.. So guys Just grab the moments u feel .. They are the ones that will make all the difference to our memories database ...

Hoping that each one of us captures our special moments
kd

posted by kanika @ 1:03 AM