Yeh Mausam ka jadoo hai Mitwa!!!

Nothing.. absolutely nothing in this world would have me writing again except . - this beautiful Mausam, the soft drops of first rains drizziling through the window, sometimes (when i'm in a good mood ONLY) onto my face too :))

So my dear munchkins, I'm sure all of us have fond memories of lovely monsoons, some of us even may have the same.. So here are some things I remember / love during the misty monsoons..
>> The fresh smell of Dharti Maa... sweet sweet mitti ki khushboo when the shower of rain happens.. makes me wanna eat it.. Not literally!.. you know what I mean!!

>> When you're sitting down with your legs up , at your best spot in your house/office/holiday home/ tree house wherever... with a clear view of the beautiful pearl drops from the sky.. soft breeze.. and an unlimited supply of Hot cuppa Chai.. aaaahhhh.. of course even better if you dont have to keep running to the kitchen to make it yourself by which time the rain wud have either stopped and it'll be all humid OR its just little short of becoming a thunderstorm and you have to shut your window /door and the moment is completely ruined.. Psssttt.. Happens with me ALL THE TIME!!

>> A walk in the park.. Cliched.. I know.. But isnt it lovely?? Holding hands with your baby / honey/ apple pie / Big Daddy..err.... whatever you call him!!! wearing nothing on your feet except the wet feel of the soft grass... stop by to have some nariyal paani... or some hot pakode and samose.. whispering sweet nothings into each others wet ears.. only when its not abt the house loan, or car dent, or a cranky boss!!

>> A good girly time with all your bitches with some old fashoined juicy gossip.. aahh.. it cudnt get any better.. with girl-friends.. no topic is off the line.. be it the boss's daughter's fashion faux pas.. or the latest blog on the block... or cribbing about whose hair gets most affected by the rains.. Aaaaaah Pure Evil Fun!!!

>> You can soo not go wrong with a ROM-COM in this seksyy mausam.. Some that I lourve.. and can watch like a zillion times over -

- Serendipity 0- Why does stuff like this never happened to an absolutely regular girl.. like me???
- My Best friend's wedding - I love singing along to 'Say a little prayer for you'),
- Bridget Jones Diary -now how many of us relate to her screwed up luck eh?? -(meekly raising my own hand) I DO :@
- Kate & Leopold - Come on.. We girls are suckers for this absolute dude-ish knight who is so bloody charming that you would wanna lock him up in your closet; lest he escapes or fades away (since its only a dream).. and the LOVE LETTER.. Oh mi lord.. who writes such stuff except clinically depressed or perpetually+single+women+repellent kinda fictional writers.. Can a real living Husband / boyfriend be as yummy in this day n age.. Didn't think so!!
P.S - Or is it just me whose never met them??
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - Ahh .. the love of my life.. Shah Rukh smokin Khan!! and K-Jo's gem of a line- 'Kuch kuch hota hai anjali.. tum nahi samjhogi' Uff.. I thank God to have put me down on earth just in time to fall in love with this heartthrob.. Naam toh hi suna hoga!!

....and Ive cried sheepishly to many more such cinematic wonders which transports us to this dreamy dreamland where ALL Men are Hot who one keeps bumping into all the time, Hair is always perfect, Always wearing our fav brands, Its always springtime, One could just walk to the office smilling at random strangers on the way with the fav choco latte in the hand, everywhere you look there are blooming flowers, the house is always spanking clean, the meals we cook are delicious to look at and TO EAT.. the maids are always on time.. Oh wait a minute.. I think just woke up to my boring life!!

Well. these are a few of my favorite things ... come to think of it.. actually rains or no rains.. I just love all these things...And Im sure you do too.. Wud love to knw some of your lovelies too!!

Until my next pang to write..
Peace to all And Love to you:)

Is this IT??

And finally the big day was here.. The day both the families have been dreaming, eating,drinking and sleeping for the past six months. And the reason our (Chaitu n me) eating drinking sleeping were terribly affected for the past six months. One would have thought it must be a loooongg day with loads and loads of rituals and customs to be adhered to. Specially ME, the bride, who was made to wake up at 3 a.m. Why? to be applied Haldi upon by all the 'Suhagans' in the house. This was followed by a spa-like experience which I probably will never experience in the bestest of the world spas. My naani gave me the world's bestest oil massage and scrubbed my body with 'besan and haldi' so that I would glow like a new bride apparently.. followed by a hot shower. By now I thought I was wide awake and ready to take on the world. Bring it on baby!!

5:00 A.M - Lakshmi Puja - I was officially being made the dulhan now with this puja which was quite short n sweet. (My head was quickly calculating the amt of time I had for a quick nap, before heading to the venue)

6.00 A.M - Satyanarayana Puja - My dreams were promptly cut short by this next activity . By this time I'm thinking how my wedding photographs are gonna be a disaster coz at this rate I'lldefinitely look like a zombie by 6:00 P.M which is when it was scheduled to start!

8:30 A.M -False Alarm - The Puja was finally over and all the women in the house had finished filling my lap with dozens of blouse pieces and loads of envelopes as thier aashirwad. I still had 2 hours before I'm supposed to reach the venue for engagement, out of which one hour I'll need to get ready., YAY I had a free hour.. UMM. Nope. The photographer is behind my life for a photo session upstairs and he wanted to me to tidy myself up a bit and not look so sleepy. Can u imagine his guts??? Bloody.. anyway I had to oblige as this was the day where I had surrendered myself to the mercy of parents, pandits, photographers and beauticians. My body didnt belong to me anymore and my Mind - I wasn't allowed to use it. So there - I was actually a zombie!

11:30 A.M - Which bride has ever arrived on time in this world? I had to keep up to this global norm and arrived at the venue only to find the groom party waiting at the gate. Ooops.. I quickly slipped inside the venue, of course they did see me and smirked while mumbling under thier nose..'hey bhagwan, yeh aajkal ki ladkiyan'

1:00 P.M - Which event has ever started on time in India?? Keeping up with this tradition as well, after a 2 hour delay, we finally got engaged followed by Haldi.. yes yet again.!!!

6:P.M - My beautician almost had a cardiac arrest with the amount of stress I gave her OCD-ing over my make up and finally I was ready to my satisfaction by this time. The baraat arrives, varmaala happens, kilos of colourful rice is poured upon us in the name of aashirwad by the flurry of relatives. and 3 hours later - we were MARRIED. As I said in my earlier posts, a lot of firsts happened in this wedding, to add to that list - all my relatives were wide awake unlike any other andhra wedding where except for the parents they only come to eat and doze off. Simply coz it was intriguing for them to see a maharashtrian wedding. And Lastly, the most fun part was the dance performances put up by my sisters and my best friends. The only part of the day when I was finally "ME"; was on the open dance floor complete with my Thumka's and Desi girl numbers!! Woah what a wedding.

But at the end of the day or night rather - When I finally retired after half a dozen saree changes and changed into my last comfy clothes of the day and 4 mangalsutras hanging form my neck (yes, 2 from maayka and 2 from sasural.. dont ask), I realised that our relationship is now out in the open. This day has added many life-long responsibilities, this day it ceased being a relationship, this day was the beginning of our MARRIAGE.

When did I start writing??

You might think, whats the big deal??? Anyone can write.. well not me.. unless its a script that I'm forced to write at the cost of my job or typical channel type mail to a prod house or a prod house type mail to a channel (which I'm very good at by the way).. My TV friends would understand this...I've never really sat down and wrote something for myself and on my own!!

So basically, it all started when it was time to send out our wedding invites and I sat in front of my laptop thinking.. 'Its so weird inviting people for my own wedding... How do I do this??' But call it magic or some wierd dream (I'd choose the latter). that I just woke up one fine morning and started to type out some lines.. (I'm not kidding..u can ask my mum this, coz that day she didnt have to kick me out of my bed and..Boy.. was she surprised??) and Voila.. I managed to spill some sweet lines and my invite was ready.. Of course I had to send it to Chaitu to take a lil looksie.. and Boy was he surprised tooo.. okay okay.. enuf bragging about myself.. Here it is..

This day I will marry my friend, the one I laugh with, live for, dream with and Love forever. May God give me the strength!

The much awaited day has finally arrived,

When Chaitanya shall take Vani's hand

Tying us both in Holy Matrimony,

Solemnizing our Love, together we'll stand

It's the day when South unites with the West,

We shall be honoured, if you be our guest!

Its not much...But its straight from my heart.

Peace & Love
Vani