Monday, January 11, 2010

HUNTING, The traditional way…

NOM, to be read on a lighter vein!

Are you 25yrs…? Single…? Girl…?
Most of your pals are married and some losers even have kids?
And your family’s resolution is to get you married ASAP?
Then Welcome To My World!!!

They say “A known devil, is better than an unknown angel” and since i had not known any devil, my family’s & my HUNT for the unknown angel began…

At first it was all a joke to me. I was like ohh, so I officially get to date guys ;)…??? Uhuuuuu. But trust me, it did not take much time for the ‘Uhuuuuu’ to turn into ‘Boo hoooo’. In my case, it was always ‘family’ to ‘family’ meetings after the initial round of information sharing( like photo, D.O.B, kula/gotra/nakshathra, height, education, occupation, dad, mom, bro, number of hands/legs etc etc :P:P). Then the Live meeting & SCAN ME sessions, then comes the Question and Answers session…

Boy:[Smiles/Blushes] So howz work?
Me: he he… Good, as usual… he he…
Boy: So where did you study? {school/college details please}
Me: [Is he planning to hire me??, Smile] abcxyz … qwertyuiop...asdfghj…
Boy: Oh NICE, abcxyz is a good institute I have heard…
Boy:
xyz?? Me: abc… Boy: pqr?? Me: abc
Boy: So what are your future plans??
Me: [To become a ‘sanyasin’ after meeting you!] Obviously to get married & settle down & may be have few kids & work towards the well being of my family & society.:P ;)

And in the meanwhile the families are watching/listening with uncommon attention like their all time favorite classic flick is being played!

Then at last the ‘ok tata bye bye’ session. Ahh how relieved I am now! It’s time to vent out my reaction…

Nooo.. he is bald… how short!!! did u check the length of his trousers??… is he the same guy in the photo?? is he pregnant?? Will you even lift your head dude?? has he waxed?? do people even keep such names in this century?? Trust me all these minute things no longer seem so MINULSCULE! Hmm if not for all these then, family-family not matching… not happening… etc etc…

And, the hunt continues… Me getting ready, the coffee/tea session, snack session, complete body scan, Q&A session, etc etc. It is so MADDENING/ANNOYING/FRUSTRATING!

I must have shot at least half a dozen ‘half dead’ by now ! Yet to make my(our) ‘Perfect kill’ :D …

PS: I so want to turn into a Vegetarian{sanyasin :) }… All I desire is PEACE PEACE & more PEACE!

5 comments:

Prasanna said...

Can I sum it up in a nutshell, it's "awesome". So brilliantly put may be Ur best work till date!!!

Nachiket Suryawanshi said...

Excellent...
First time nandu seems to be writing...
its not copied ...is it ?
heheheh
as prassi said already....its Awesome..
Keep it up !!

Nandini Rampuri said...

he he.. thank u thank u, its overwhelming to see such comments!! :):)

Unknown said...

lolzzz.... awesome... Luv the blend of Humour... reminded me about Chethan Baghat....

u growin girl as a writer... very impressive...

Unknown said...

ohhhhhh yeah!!! i totally agree wid woteva uve said!!!! just tel ppl dat ur 20+ u can actually see d wheels turning in der head!!! "hmmmm.... hw abt my wife's brother's wife's uncles nephews cousin????" luks at u again n "ya!!!! best match!!!" :) ;p
remember pashu maama's weddn??? :):) classic!!!! ha ha ha ha!!!!