Arranged Marriages: What The Hell?
Like seriously. What is wrong with ammas and achhas all over? Why would I ever want to get married to a guy who doesn't even have enough balls to come up to me and tell me that he likes me. But instead, sends his mom, dad, brother, grandmother, dad's brother, dad's brother's wife and their sons lijju and jojji (typical Keralite nicknames.Some of us actually carry off those names on our C.Vs too. Swag!), their dog Sunderan (Yes, yes, why not?), to check if my Kundli is compatible with his Nakshatras . And neither am I marrying a goat, a tree, a pole, a handpump, a hen, a banana or Sunderan so that my groom doesn't die the next morning. I mean, Really? How fudged up is that? So, we mate and he dies the next morning? What are we? Bees? Ooh but wait, I forgot, according to my family, sex doesn't exist. Oh yeah! The whole nine month shit, that's just pure aashirwaad and lots of nakshatras aligning together to fire up my belly. (if ever so). Also, I lov...