Free food function :)

Its Sunday and we find people inviting us for all the family functions… Be it Birthday celebration or Durga pooja or Engagement party or Naming ceremony of a child..... Most of the functions are planned on Saturday and Sunday… I find this trend more in our Bangalore…
Initially people used to plan the functions as per the holy days and now as per holidays!!!
Rarely any functions were arranged on Saturday as its “Shani-vaar” and now as long as there is no “grahan” (eclipse), weekends have become most auspicious days..
The intention behind arranging all the spiritual rituals on weekends is that- to gather as many people as possible for a nice get together…
And in case someone misses out for the function on weekends, then they will be tagged as “western culture influenced”!! Elders blame saying, “BPO has spoiled our youth”.. No matter if someone is working in IT or Bank or Retail industry etc… All thanks to BPO to take the blame over…
I was recently invited to one of the engagement party… Mom had asked me to dress in ethnic… I had no mood to go, but because it was on Sunday evening, I had no other go :( I asked my mom whose engagement we are attending… she politely replied to me as “It’s your aunt’s brother in law’s daughter’s engagement”... I nodded my head as I dint understand how I am related to her.. Finally I came to a conclusion that the bride is my cousin’s cousin…
I dint break my head more coz I was already late to the function!! I thought may be she will recognize me if I can’t :) I knew I would be late and by the time I reach there and they would be serving food :) Before even I get any guilty conscious for being late, I realized that I am going there to avoid the tag in my name and for delicious Food :)
At the entrance of the hall, a man with fat belly smiled and welcomed me… I had no clue who he was, so I was searching for few known faces…. Guys were enticing me as though I am the next forthcoming bride.. Few parents turned around and snared, as though they were hunting a bride for their potential son!! This type of gazing was common to all the unmarried girls of 20-25 age group… I made my way in between ladies who were gossiping, giggling and discussing… In the whole crowd, it was only my mom whom I was searching… Finally tracked her and found few known faces around her… I was happy that my attendance was registered after the photographer took our group photo..

We started our dinner in next 10 mins of my arrival… On the way back, I was thinking about the Gulab jamoon which I ate, when mom interrupted me, and asked, “Did u see the girl? The pair was nice.. Isn’t it?” I dint know what to answer coz I dint even bother to see the bride and the groom!! Finally I confronted that I was least bothered abt the function and that they had invited lot of strangers.. I was also a stranger to the bride!! I said her if next time I am invited to any such function of very far relative, I will name it as “Free food function”. Mom knew that I was forced to attend these types of functions!! Perhaps mom knew that I was irritated, so neither did she force me to attend the next weeks function nor we landed up with argument!! Mission escape successful :) Yuppie!!!!