We're staying with Mohan and Asha at their lovely place on the Sarjapur road. It was a leisurely morning as we got ready to attend the wedding at the same venue, the Radisson Blu Atria. The Sunday morning traffic was sparse and we reached the place 45' later, just in time to catch up with the ceremony which had begun. Vinay and Ann looked radiant and happy as they went through the rituals.
The offering of the traditional milk and sliced banana to the couple, by the two families, went on after the bride had returned after changing into the clothes presented to her by the groom a few minutes earlier. Met up with my classmates and course mates during the process. The traditional lunch was served and soon after, we bade good bye to everyone. My cousin had called for a cab for us - I didn't have the requisite 'app', you see - and soon, we're hurtling towards Gottigere, my sister's place.
Sanil looked pale and emaciated thanks to his excessive bouts of drinking........a sad example of a good and intelligent man going down the dumps because of his addiction to the bubbly. He has promised to come down to Thalavoor to participate in the ceremony connected with mom's remembrance day. We'd left by a cab, booked by Ammu at Coimbatore....the reach of technology yet again! Mahesh, the chauffeur, drove well and clipped through the highway, the only drawback being that he knew only Kannada while we didn't know a sausage of the language.
Anyways, thanks to the shortcuts that he'd traversed, we're exposed to the green tracts of the rural Bangalore. Certain stretches of the heavily pot holed, muddy roads made me wonder as to whether he was headed in the right direction but the language barrier between us precluded carrying out any clarification!
We're at Mohan and Asha's by about a half past 5. After a wash and change, it was a quiet evening where we reminisced our school days and saw a Malayalam movie, "Meladhikari, Byju(Oppu)" at their mini theatre. It was a slapstick comedy Biju Menon played the lead role.
Tailpiece.
A day well spent, with us, interacting with very many people. It was nice to catch up with all of them.
The offering of the traditional milk and sliced banana to the couple, by the two families, went on after the bride had returned after changing into the clothes presented to her by the groom a few minutes earlier. Met up with my classmates and course mates during the process. The traditional lunch was served and soon after, we bade good bye to everyone. My cousin had called for a cab for us - I didn't have the requisite 'app', you see - and soon, we're hurtling towards Gottigere, my sister's place.
Sanil looked pale and emaciated thanks to his excessive bouts of drinking........a sad example of a good and intelligent man going down the dumps because of his addiction to the bubbly. He has promised to come down to Thalavoor to participate in the ceremony connected with mom's remembrance day. We'd left by a cab, booked by Ammu at Coimbatore....the reach of technology yet again! Mahesh, the chauffeur, drove well and clipped through the highway, the only drawback being that he knew only Kannada while we didn't know a sausage of the language.
Anyways, thanks to the shortcuts that he'd traversed, we're exposed to the green tracts of the rural Bangalore. Certain stretches of the heavily pot holed, muddy roads made me wonder as to whether he was headed in the right direction but the language barrier between us precluded carrying out any clarification!
We're at Mohan and Asha's by about a half past 5. After a wash and change, it was a quiet evening where we reminisced our school days and saw a Malayalam movie, "Meladhikari, Byju(Oppu)" at their mini theatre. It was a slapstick comedy Biju Menon played the lead role.
Tailpiece.
A day well spent, with us, interacting with very many people. It was nice to catch up with all of them.
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