Raise your hand if you
have ‘never’ been approached for rishta by
relative-intermediaries? Yes, you heard me, ‘never’. Not one soul in sight, right?
So get your coffee (or tea) and read along. Today we talk about our beloved
relatives - ‘Making potential Jodis
since medieval times’
Completed your bachelors? Not good enough.
Done with your
post-graduation? Still not.
Started working? Just
right.
Enter (Goldilocks-y)
relatives, the pioneers of match-making and the exclusive holders of the large
databases of potential wedding aspirants long before shaadi.com came along, the
sole community who have been taking upon themselves to ensure that each one of
you gets ‘settled’ in your prime years. Yes, the tribe who holds the supreme
capability to sniff out all the single-status holders and are hell-bent on ‘inke ladke ka karva dete hai’.
Thriving on pure gossip
(and love), they never fall short of attending any wedding that crosses their
path. Ranging from vocation-expert uncles to ‘chhote bhai ka bhi apni office me lagva de’ ones, from the bua who makes the best malai kofta to that maasi who is up-to-date with the latest Page 3 gossip, from the
over-sensitive ‘bura-lag-jayega-any-minute’
kinds to over-enthu ones who get crazed over that ‘Saddi Gali’ step, we have surplus of them.
Love them or hate them,
but you can’t deny that they make your wedding experience more enriching, more
entertaining, more jubilating and guarantee a lifetime of drama and melodrama.
Intrigued by our Indian
culture and the clan? In the mood for reading a hilarious rom-com? Look no
further, The Shaadi Brouhaha – arranged marriage hungama is your one stop shop
for a great entertainment read.
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