Here is the thing that everyone of us in India has heard of….Especially the ones who have attained the marriageable age. Arrey aapki beti ki shaadi (Barbaadi) nahin hui abhi tak? Hey Bhagwaaaaan…..(with aunty’s mouth wide open)….Truly concerned of my well being….Such a sweetheart I tell u… Okay! So here this aunty gives my Mother India a great Idea. She asks her to take my Kundali to a famous astrologer. My adorable Maatashri follows her instruction and goes along with me and meets the astrologer. A very famous one, mind you 😉 . And wow that man is the Galileo of my life who found out that the stars in my Kundali are not aligned for marriage. This was in fact 10 years back when I just started to perfectly spell the word MARRIAGE. By the way the astrologer was single. How is it connected? Hang on to that for a while. Okay so, the stars are not aligned for my marriage. This was the biggest discovery for me. Not that I cared much anyway :p . Just had to put up a face that I cared. By the way, I am a good listener.
My poor mom was all worried. For an Indian parent there is nothing bigger than getting their daughter married. And they would do anything for that. As anticipated she asked the astrologer for a solution. Galileo said I would have to do a vrath of 41 days followed by a big puja on the 42nd day. The vrath was to give up on eating non-veg and read some mantras in the morning and evening in the prayer room after lighting the diya. I don’t like to hurt my parent’s sentiments. I agreed to do so. On the completion of the 41 long days of vrath I knew that my knight in the shining armor had already begun his journey to come into my life. 42nd day was the real big day. Puja day. The battalion of the Pandits came to my house. They made me sit and performed the puja. Honestly it was a good trance. I hardly understood what was happening. I was busy lost in my own thoughts. Anyway the pandits didn’t care. The puja was over. I had an amazing lunch and felt downright full. Okay this was probably the only good thing of the 41 days vrath. Good lunch.
Time passed…Nothing happened. The stars were still acting funny. What the hell man? 41 days gone in the drain? When my mum contacted the astrologer he said it will happen soon. And things happen when they are destined to happen and for everything there is a right time. True that Galileo, True that. Didn’t we all know that? But now this is interesting. Galileo was single right? He told my mum that he is getting married the next month. So now I was really furious. I did all the vrath and gave up on my favorite food and guess who got to eat the fruits of my hard work? Galileo….Dude! Now this is disappointing. But what can anybody do?
This wasn’t over here….This pattern of doing pujas, going to the astrologers seeking help continued till last April….In April I did a 21 days vrath. Only and only because I don’t like being disrespectful of my parents. Finally now my parents have come in terms with the fact that they don’t want their daughter to go through the pain of doing these kinda things to get married. And marriage is not any kind of stamp to prove one’s identity, Passport is 😉
So for all you people who are going through this, My advise is “Nothing”….LOL… I myself could not do much about this but just sail through…This shall too pass :p
One of the shots from one of the biggest of all the pujas in my life.
Just before the Bakra was ready for Halal.
I Heart Life 
