Pyar ke Regional Effects !!

I know I shouldn't be writing this often to avoid indigestion of the vast expanse of my reader population but I had one pressing issue at hand. Just now read that domain maximus' writer Sidin got married to a punju girl. I was a regular reader of his blog (can't say that I grew up reading his blog but would have contributed a good 3-4 % hits out of the half million of his hit count). Last I'd read when he left his cozy job at ATK and planned to write, organize quizzes on his own.

The story is not about him but about marriages across the border (north-south, east-west and all other combinations). It is a happening phenomena these days as people are travelling all across the land for studying and jobs or may be because there is some conspiracy by the HRD ministry for improving gene pool of the nation. I know a lot of folks in close vicinity some of whom have seen victory and some others met defeat against the cultural wall.

I remember my farewell visit to the house of a colleague couple of mine (a mix of UP banda and Mallu bandi). They had a baby girl of about 6 months and both the grannies of the baby were present in the house. Both of them were coochie cooing the kid in their mother tongue. Once the baby cried it got to hear some mallu lullabis and a little while later was bashed in plain hindi for being a little too boisterous. The baby must be cursing them - 'Arrre baba pehle ek do words to seekh lene do mujhe kam se kam araam se' and things would get worse when her mom and dad would throw the burden of angrezi.

One more love-struck couple (MP ka banda and Bengali bandi) : their parents have agreed for the marriage but now when things come to brass tacks they are finding it really difficult. The families are having trouble finding a common ground about nitty gritties like number of sarees, mode of marriage, vegetarian vs non-vegetarian feast. They have booked friends to be ready for acting as a witness to the court marriage. I am looking forward to it, it's been long since I witnessed a court marriage (last was that in 'Sathiya' I guess).

I remember while travelling from mumbai to delhi some 2 years back, along with us in the same compartment was a marathi baraat who were coming back with their punjabi bride. The bride and groom were playfully enjoying their journey while on the other side was one KK-series-wali-not-so-good-lady murmuring to our neighbours the usual doosri-taraf-waalon-ki-burai. How tough it would have been for the two to bring the Jai Maharashtra and Sada Punjab to the same table.

I think we have come far from the days of 'Ek Duje Ke Liye ' and things are smoother for the love torn souls. We now have Mallika Sherawat and Rahul Bose in PKSE discussing the peculiarities of Dilli ki ladkiyaan versus Mumbai babes and stories of clans fighting over marriages are left for Priyadarshan comedies only.