Dinesh Marriage and Kerala Trip

Last week I met Krishnan... only for a brief time though... the guy full of “enthu” and laughter... he can't speak even one line without laughing, even if he wants to tell, I hate you and I want to kill you. Psst.. sad to know this is going to last only for about 2 weeks... poor guy, getting married. Like "Baba" countdown, his countdown also started. Best of luck Krishna!!!! (You really need all the luck you can get)...

And about the guy who has already fallen into the black hole, Capt. T. Dinesh, I was glad to see him back after so many years. But, he has not changed even a little bit, surprisingly same as in school days. But I don't worry much about him though, as I hope all his commando training should help him, at least to defend himself ;-).

And, about our wonderful journey, I was very much exited for I am seeing the "God's own country" for the first time. We (myself and beecha alias bojarajan, alias B.Saravanan.. lot of confusion in that area aint there? ;-) ) started off to kerala on Sunday night and we reached Trichur on Monday. Went to a couple of places like "Adiramapalli Falls" and "Vadakkumnathan Temple" and on Tuesday we went to guruvayur and from there we set out to Dinesh's home town (one word here… Ride in kerala private buses equivalent to Roller coster ride minus the seat belts). After having a nice lunch in his home, we set out to the beach in the evening, just 5 min from his home. (by the way, myself and beecha, , tried a little running race in the beach... and I WON, Hurray!!!!!).

Reception and Marriage was good, with typical kerala style, with lots of "kuttu vilaku" and "Agal Vilakku". But, I envy these kind of marriages, as it was too quick. The entire episode lasted for 1 hour and the actual time the couples doing something in the stage was about 10 min, just exchange of garland and tying knot... That's it. NICE.

Imagine what a typical Tamil marriage looks like, and you will find why I envy his marriage. The torture starts from the day before the marriage. The groom have to wear the "Traditional" suit, with around 10 guys (including brother-in-law if any), trying to get his tie knot right, (try to strangle him???...), then stuffed in a corner on a slow moving car, with a whole lot of kids("vaandus"), and a huge procession, which can sometimes(or always??) remind you of a procession of a well decorated Scapegoat. (Sometimes, its worse, when some kids cry like hell and seem to give their first lesson to parenting, he needs to console and baby-sit those loud crying kids and still have to smile for the 100s or odd photos they take during the procession.) After he reaches the "Mandabam" and whisked to the "Staging Area" (without any nourishment), where he has to sit with the bride and again pose for pictures with whole lot of people, (whom he barely knows and who by the way would have already finished the dinner...) and in spite of the loud music orchestra, try to speak one or two words with his bride.

If the first day is a embarrassment test, the next day is a endurance test, having to wake up early (in the middle of the night), and still without any food, goes to the Dais and performs, sometimes seems to be never ending rituals, near the fire with lot of smoke. (People think, at that point of time, that the tears he sheds are actually because of the smoke, but I suspect, at some point of time, (at his breaking point), he actually cries). Then, when he is ultimately exhausted, there comes the bride as an angel (because at this point of time, with the smoke and hence his itching red eye, he sees only ghostly shadows now). And when ultimately he successfully ties the knot, then come his stamina test, PushUps, trying to get blessings from the whole community, from 90 year olds, to the guy who got married just last week. And, when this whole thing finally gets over, our hero starts to rethink his decision to get married. (Dreadful to imagine, right... Oh No.. I almost forgot, I am a Tamil guy to... :-( )

And here are the Dinesh Marriage Photos, what you were looking for… (More to come from Guru...)

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