To be or not to be? Comedian Praveen gives his version of arranged marriage.
We are living in an era where the number of arranged marriages are getting drastically reduced every day more like Poonam Pandey’s clothes after every Indian victory. The worst part is the definition of arranged marriage has changed now. Nowadays, it is called an arranged marriage if the parents go and attend the marriage. But mine was a proper arranged marriage. Before my marriage I had seen my wife only twice over a period of six months. Hmmm. Those were the days. Anyways good times don’t last long. I got married to her. Now there is no point
in cursing the matrimony
sites.
Actually the most conservative dating site available to youngsters these days are the matrimony sites. The funniest part about the Matrimony sites is the “Desired Profile” section. One of the profiles I saw said, “We don’t have much expectations but the girl should be like Katrina Kaif”. If you notice keenly there is nobody on the matrimony sites who is dark. They are just wheatish. That too not completely wheat, just wheat-ish. Most of the profiles on the websites will be a collection of exaggerated facts especially if they are filled by parents. My parents filled my profile on a matrimony site as very attractive, very fair, athletic body, Hrithik Roshan look alike, but still there was no response from anyone. Then I realised that after all these exaggerations they had uploaded my photo. My wife’s parents contacted me the next day and I removed the photo.
Our next generation will have a totally different attitude towards marriage (if at all that concept exists then). We should be magnanimous and happy if our kids marry the opposite sex. I don’t want my daughter to bring home my daughter-in-law. But then we will never know how things will be 25 years from now.