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Its that time of the year where people book halls, convene meetings and get bonded together. This is of course, the wedding season in India. So, I am writing this article after overhearing an intriguing conversation(let the parties be anonymous). The subtext of it was how to get a full house in for the seating arrangements. Now, now prima facie for me here was it might be some meeting of some sorts, but in reality their musings was about getting the full house for the wedding hall. This was about roping in as many folks as it was possible. And this prompted me to give it a thought.
The argument there was that it was pivotal to get mass attendance to make the wedding 'successful' and 'memorable'. I found it quite remarkable, as to how having a packed like sardines crowd in a hall could make a marriage successful. Further it was also a matter of pride for the families who were to be entangled. It seemed that there was a challenge as to who among the families of the bride and the bridegroom manages to pull more mass of humanity to the wedding hall. Now a logical bone cracked within me and asked that shouldn't the success of a marriage depend on the bride and the groom themselves? I mean what if in a hypothetical scenario three men and a dog turn up for a wedding? Does it warrant that the wedding is already a failure? Why should it, after all if the duo is happy it is a successful marriage right? Maybe that is a little blind spot in our psyche where the real thing is getting lost in the details.
So, how is it that our masses are compelled to accumulate more of their masses? A very myopic reason would be that with over a billion people in our country we probably feel that it would be a good show of strength as to who can sway a larger number of folks. Plus in my community that is a fad to marry into a home which 'well known'. Let me shed some light onto those quoted set of words. A bloke who is recognized, for whatever reasons, among the folks who carry the same last name as him or her can be termed 'well known'. I don't know how that helps anyone of the bride or groom, but for some reason that is suppose to be another plus point for the family involved in the betrothal. And needless to say this gives an assurance of roping in people for the hall attendance. It seems that engineering colleges are not the only ones who think that massive attendance adorns their reputation, even if it does not matter who the gathered folks happen to be. Plus, by today's social media desideratum, every marriage guarantees a new profile picture for the personnel involved.
The argument there was that it was pivotal to get mass attendance to make the wedding 'successful' and 'memorable'. I found it quite remarkable, as to how having a packed like sardines crowd in a hall could make a marriage successful. Further it was also a matter of pride for the families who were to be entangled. It seemed that there was a challenge as to who among the families of the bride and the bridegroom manages to pull more mass of humanity to the wedding hall. Now a logical bone cracked within me and asked that shouldn't the success of a marriage depend on the bride and the groom themselves? I mean what if in a hypothetical scenario three men and a dog turn up for a wedding? Does it warrant that the wedding is already a failure? Why should it, after all if the duo is happy it is a successful marriage right? Maybe that is a little blind spot in our psyche where the real thing is getting lost in the details.
So, how is it that our masses are compelled to accumulate more of their masses? A very myopic reason would be that with over a billion people in our country we probably feel that it would be a good show of strength as to who can sway a larger number of folks. Plus in my community that is a fad to marry into a home which 'well known'. Let me shed some light onto those quoted set of words. A bloke who is recognized, for whatever reasons, among the folks who carry the same last name as him or her can be termed 'well known'. I don't know how that helps anyone of the bride or groom, but for some reason that is suppose to be another plus point for the family involved in the betrothal. And needless to say this gives an assurance of roping in people for the hall attendance. It seems that engineering colleges are not the only ones who think that massive attendance adorns their reputation, even if it does not matter who the gathered folks happen to be. Plus, by today's social media desideratum, every marriage guarantees a new profile picture for the personnel involved.
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