Monday, February 25, 2008

Bha and Bha - United!

After loads of struggle, my dear friends from college, Bhaskar and Bharati got married today. It was just one amazing day to just be there at their wedding .

Seldom has their been so much struggle and so much tension and so much of love - all complicated ingredients combining into one supremely valued end dish - marriage ! Imagine - a guy writing an entire book of poems for this girl. Thats just one of the small examples of what all has happened and this also proves that even today, inter caste marriages are a taboo in many Indian families and it requires lots of guts to go out of the way and marry.

The marriage was performed in a completely traditional Iyengari manner with tinges of Bengali color added for completing some traditional rituals. One of the first times I witnessed a wedding where the Purohit spoke throughout in English with the guy since the guy did not know any south Indian language! When the day began, we were wondering how will this guy go through the rituals in the required attire("Panche")! But he did so with great panache even though there was some nakhra here and there. We were thoroughly impressed that he did it so seriously .Was it because the girls' relatives were there ? We might never know the answer, but definitely there was a marked sincerity in all that he did !!! The girl was as patient as patience could be. Looking wonderfully pretty and doing all that was to be done with such ease and elegance, she definitely charmed the guy that bit more today( Not that it was really required!).

Friends from college, colleagues from office and close family members added the necessary charm to the proceedings and it was one awesome day to remember for the rest of my life! We had a wonderful time, since we jabbered from morning till night nonstop and had one of those absolutely "fun days" as one friend generally puts it. Looking forward to all the photos and videos.

Meanwhile . Here's wishing Bha and Bha a very very very happy married life!!!!!!

4 comments:

aa said...

hey da, beautiful summing up. God's grace they got married, and God bless them.

Aruna said...

It was quite touching to know that you were actually thinking so much during the wedding. Nice thinking!

Vandana Shenoy said...

I really missed this occasion... Way to go Bha-Bha :)

Bhaskar Mitra said...

Thanks everyone and specially mamu (as this is his blog :P) for being there. It was the end of a long journey and the beginning of another. Thanks for being there for us before and hopefully all of you will continue to in the future. Now only if I can get some time to upload the snaps and blog about the day myself! :)