The Great Indian wedding !
Weddings in Egypt start at night at 8 or 9 in the evening and we spend all night celebrating dancing… here in India the wedding started at 7am …What kind of a wedding where you got to wake up at 6 or 7 am to get there and I am just a guest… Imagine what the bride and groom go through ??
Anyway after waking up super early and heading to the other side of Mumbai and of course looking like like a zombie in the taxi because of the sleep loss we finally reached our destination, and we found our lovely short friend and a nice tall guy waiting for us to guide us through the wedding. Of course Me and roujeih were late and missed the part that sachi had called us for..
The bride’s outfit was beautiful and fascinating there were so many details, I really liked it … The ceremonies of the wedding took really a lot of time.. there were so many prayers and blessings as if they were praying for the last time in their life. One of the most interesting part of the wedding was to see Sachi Maniar in a saree.. And discovered there is a feminine side of Sachi with her huge sporty watch on her wrist !
Many people asked me whether I was from the bride’s side or the groom’s side and when I tried to explain that we are friends of one of the groom’s friend they didn’t get it and they start asking you the same question all over again again guessing that you didn’t get what they are talking about.
It all went great we were taking pictures, knowing new lovely people and all was really nice until we went down stairs to eat our lunch in the wedding. It was a hell of shock, I didn’t understand how am I supposed to eat cause my plate was a leaf of a banana tree!!!! T And you put a little bit of water on the banana leaf and clean it for blessing and prosperity. And then about six or seven men pass by you and keep on dropping stuff on your leaf! the hospitality of the Indians is crazy ! And there is a spoon but you don’t use it because it is Indian tradition ! you have to eat with your hands … mix the rice with other food……I did not understand a single thing of what I was eating! Well, it was nice and fun after all …
We met some really interesting people in Mumbai who were friends of Sachi ! One of which was Vinod Sreedhar! This 30 something man is really interesting. He decided to quit all commercial activities and give his all to what he is passionate about and live every moment! He takes trips to Kashmir, works on issues of Non Violence, facilitates workshops, works on organic farms and finally is a music composer! He lives his life the gift economy style..away from organizations and associations. I felt really connected to him as I feel I am at a similar stage in my life !
To know about Vinod go to his website : http://www.signposts.co.in/ his tagline says : For those who dare to follow their hearts !!!
