Call Number 1
Of late, I do not pick up calls on my personal mobile at work. I really do not see the need for it. But sometimes, a few phone calls, from few numbers, compel me not to think but to pick. This was one such phone call.
"I really need a change. And, at this moment, I cant think of any better change than to get married!"
"What?!?!?!?!" that was the instantaneous reaction from my end. I could not think of anything else.
This was one of my best buddies in college. She really needed a change - yes, 3 years of work life forced to think that way. Some of the pointers to her next few years in life - H1 Visa, Onsite options etc etc., were not really making progress. Okay, after careful examination of the case, it was decided, may be marriage, is not, a bad option for her.
Call Number 2
2 months later..
A similar phone call, a much more frantic call from the other end, when I was enjoying my Head massage blissfully at one of my favorite parlors. It was her again. This time with a name and employee number.
"Horoscopes perfectly matched. I want some help with the Info about this guy. He works in our Chennai office."
The Name and the employee ID - Oh My God! This guy sits diagnally across my cubicle at work, an employee in my Unit! The information exchanges happen, and, the call, hung up!
Call Number 3
I am in a wedding reception in Madurai. Tring Tring on my mobile.
"I am very worried. Lot of tension at home. This guy is coming tomorrow to meet me. I met his family already. I liked them. But my dad is not very interested in it. Talk to amma." and lo she hands the phone over.
A little bit of information exchange. Some promises to have a open mind and meet this guy. Call hung up.
Call Number 4:
At office again. Yet another phone call, I could not resist picking up. Dont get me wrong! It was not because of the person making the call but the information I thought it carried.
"Hello?"
"Wedding is fixed. We would get married in December"
Inference :
1. Three hours of talk, life is decided!
2. It happens only in India and in arranged marriages!
3. The world is a very small Place!
4. Appearences do not matter!
5. It is the wedding season!
