Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Still single?!!


It is a question that plagues S big time.S is any girl next door, hails from a middle class family, educated, working, on the wrong side of 20, horizontally challenged(read fat) and is waiting for love or marraige(whichever is earliest) to happen.Meanwhile S's parents are busy bribing the Gods(of various religious sects) and running from one astrologer to another...just one wish-getting S married and peace shall prevail on earth.
S seems to have a perfect mellange of the criteria required in matrimonial ads (fair,slim,beautiful,educated and from good family)except the slim factor.This alone is a mamoth problem.S being the youngest in the family, pampered to the hilt, has never touched base with reality.S, like Alice in wonderland, is under the impression that prince charming shall woo her off her feet as he is going to overlook the outer appearance.He should connect with the soul.But alas, that does not fit into the arranged marraige scenario, prince charming will never get a chance to connect to the soul as he decides the fate of poor women after having a dekko at a lifeless pice of paper called photograph.Why is it so....is a different issue and lets not get into that.
Ideally in a scenario like this S should get moving, pump iron and loose those extra kilos but S is so diligently lethargic, nothing gets her motivated not even the fact that time is running out and she could step into 30s and still be a single.What a sin!S blissfully, beleives that she is always right and so pays no heed to the advice of her well wishers.If only, she was right and prince charming does come knocking at her door, oblivious of her girth.S does go on crash diets only to come crashing (with a vengeance) on samosa, chat, chole bhature, biryani , rasgulla and food of similar ilk.
S is (in)famous for her mood swings and at times decides to remain a spinster because she is not convinced how looks come into a marraige and why should she suck up to some guy.True but this is how it is!S has been living in a big city and getting acquainted to the corporate world, not wanting to lag behind in the rat race, splurges money on wardrobe and accessories.In abysmally low situations(Zero bank balance)as this, S makes up her mind to do what it needs to get a husband.
While S blows hot and cold over whether to be married or not and zeroes in on her reason to get married, I hope and pray she does find the love of her life.God(who, I guess, is a man,has inflicted all misery on women) should take notice of her plight!!

6 comments:

  1. Im with you on this....motivating S is like attempting to move a mountain. I have not given up yet...wish ne oodles of luck!!!

    Debbie

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  2. Oh don't they say Woman of Substance is all about inner beauty ;)

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  3. But THE Indian man has yet to know about inner beauty ..there's a veil

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  4. Couldn't help remembering the line " I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want ... an adorable pancreas? " :-)

    You write well Sudipa. :-)

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  5. Sheesh Sudipa,Such a bitchy article and reflects a closed mind.Can't believe you wrote this.
    C'mon, sin to become 30 and still be single. Wow...really you need to open your mind.
    I know single people who have well fulfilled and happy lives way beyond 30. Maybe you are secretly jealous of S, whoever she is, and of her freedom.
    She I bet has more guts to stay true to herself than all the other conformists... But you can continue to poke fun of her single status and her weight ... Well done

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