This evening we'd a pleasant engagement of attending a wedding reception of a young couple at one of the swanky retreats of Kochi. The invitation was by word of mouth, in that the bridegroom happened to be the grandson of my mom's playmate and friend at Ambalappuzha, when she used to be in frocks and half skirts. Mohana aunty had come to know that mom was in town and had invited us over the telephone, profusely apologetic for the manner that she was passing on the invitation - but she seemed to be desperately genuine about meeting mom.
And so we're at the tastily decorated venue at the appointed hour and boy, the evening was worth the nasty drive through horrible traffic.
I think mom enjoyed every bit of the evening as many of her friends of her childhood days were in attendance and she'd a sizeable crowd around her, throughout her presence. Came to hear a lot of anecdotes and that too for the first time, about mom during her schoolgirl days. I was more of an observer of the entire evening's proceedings and felt glad that mom was having a swell time. It was also great to know more about her when I was under the impression that I knew all about her.
All in all, an evening well spent! The upshot of the get together was that we've a whole lot of invites over the next few days before mom returns home. Never realised that were a few relatives staying pretty close to us - social interactions are going to get more hectic when I was trying to tone it down, thus far!
Tailpiece.
The traditional orchestra was in attendance, for the evening, which was a definite and refreshing change from the usual bands that are active on such occasions. But what else would have been appropriate when the bridegroom happens to belong to the family of the famed 'Ambalappuzha brothers' of old?
And so we're at the tastily decorated venue at the appointed hour and boy, the evening was worth the nasty drive through horrible traffic.
I think mom enjoyed every bit of the evening as many of her friends of her childhood days were in attendance and she'd a sizeable crowd around her, throughout her presence. Came to hear a lot of anecdotes and that too for the first time, about mom during her schoolgirl days. I was more of an observer of the entire evening's proceedings and felt glad that mom was having a swell time. It was also great to know more about her when I was under the impression that I knew all about her.
All in all, an evening well spent! The upshot of the get together was that we've a whole lot of invites over the next few days before mom returns home. Never realised that were a few relatives staying pretty close to us - social interactions are going to get more hectic when I was trying to tone it down, thus far!
Tailpiece.
The traditional orchestra was in attendance, for the evening, which was a definite and refreshing change from the usual bands that are active on such occasions. But what else would have been appropriate when the bridegroom happens to belong to the family of the famed 'Ambalappuzha brothers' of old?
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