The Big Fat Desi Wedding
We can all agree that Desi weddings are festive - full of color, dancing and food! There won't be a moment of boredom or lack of entertainment - it's jam-packed with hospitality, laughter and fun! But I'm here to dish out a rant and all things wrong with a Desi wedding - so look away if you signed up for the good because all I have to offer here is just plain old ugly. What is a desi wedding, you may ask? And you’d receive a plethora of answers but to practically understand what a desi wedding is, you’d need to be in a desi setup long enough to comprehend the complexity of the matter! It’s not the three-day event or even a week-long affair - the entire ‘shaadi’ (wedding) business for a girl starts from the moment she’s born and for a boy once he’s attained a community-approved employment. And unfortunately and insanely, the entire desi culture is centered on this one simple concept of getting married! For a girl, she needs to behave a certain way, look a partic...