I’m not trying to be biased here, but the fact is it was one of the best weddings, yes weddings, i had been to in a long time. Such was the energy and the spirit that was there at the wedding of Sandil and Soumya. Myself and Harsha, we were at Sandy’s place on Sunday morning for the wedding. So here is a question what do you expect the techie groom to do on the day of his wedding?
- Start preparing for his big day
- feel tensed and go ‘pooopkeepsie‘
- Sleep
- Play counter-strike
- Blog
- Take a call from office
Well think no more, he started playing Counter-Strike. I got him the 32_aztecworld, fight-yard map and he was all into playing that at one point he turned to both of us and said – “Dude any day i’m ready to play Counter-Strike, and not get married!!”
That was all that we saw about the ‘chill dude’ for the next 2 days. By the time it was 3Pm, 3:30 was the Christian wedding, our dude of the day had already started sweating and was looking a bit tensed He kept his cool through the wedding-part-1 and was done with the whole ceremony. The bride and groom parted for the day, to meet again for wedding-part-2 at the temple, the next day.
Interestingly when we reached home, i was parking his car, the security guy comes up to me and asks – “Sir, shaadi keliye gaya, aur ladki leke nahi aaya?” (“He went for his wedding, but he didnt bring the bride along”). It took me quite sometime to explain it to the watchman that they were having 2 weddings.. 
Now there are certain scenarios for which social networking sites arent really built to handle. Just like the one Sandy had, after the first day’s wedding, he came back and updates his Orkut status as – Married. But he really was looking for something like – Semi-Married / 50%Married / Married 1/2 – kind of status. Orkut Büyükkökten, are you listening.
The next day, Wedding Part 2, i get up at 6AM to find our groom up and doing something on his laptop. I wish him a ‘Good Morning’ and in comes an “ah ‘morning”, as reply. I step in closer and i wasn’t expecting what i saw – he was playing 32_aztecworld at 6 in the morning. He was stressed to the karmic senses, i guess. Finally we were all ready and out of his place and at the temple at 7:30AM. After breakfast, lunch and a marathon of a wedding, we all reach back at Sandy’s place with Soumya.
Things didn’t quite get over for that poor chap.
Once he reached his home with Soumya, his cousins had barred the door from outside and his aunts barred the door from inside and demanded money to let them in. He shelled out 2.5k there. No it wasn’t quite over, after that Soumya’s cousins demanded ransom to let her go. There goes 2.5k again. No it didn’t quite get over. His uncle, aunts and cousins locked his room and demanded more money. The negotiations went on for 2 hrs, at the end, again he had to shell out 5k to get the keys.
In the end it was one fun filled wedding and a perfect one too… Wishing them all the happiness…
(Photo Courtesy : Esha – Sandy’s cousin)
P.S. – Harsha – is a common friend of Sandy and me. He came from Hyderabad to Bangalore for Sandy’s wedding. He is a techie, who left his job to pursue his interest in photography. More of his works can be seen at – The Brain Chimney. Infact i’m waiting for Harsha’s 6GB of snaps he took for the wedding. He made the professional photographers make a run for their money, with his photographic techniques.