12 October 2009

Blink & Sleep!

I was discussing with my friend from Delhi (native of Agra), on how he is placed to attend a friends wedding in Kerala next month.

I told him that weddings in Kerala are largely one day affairs unlike in other parts of the country where festivities and rituals are spread over even a week or more.

I have observed in the few Malayali weddings that I attended that rituals are very limited and the actual wedding ceremony gets over in a matter of minutes.

And hence I told this friend that you might end up missing the wedding if you happen to blink at the wrong moment. Quite spontaneouly he remarked "in ours, you wouldn't miss anything even if you sleep for a day".

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