Hello folks, almost a month long gap this time. The truth is I did not find anything interesting to write or you might say that things were boring and nothing was exciting me...
But the just concluded weekend has prompted me again to write something. On the last Friday I boarded my first ever flight from Delhi to Chennai. I was very excited before the flight for the simple reason that it was my first ever air journey and above all, I was going for my first southern state trip. Occasion was the marriage of one of the most genuine person I know, Mr. Sankalp Chabra. His marriage in itself was no routine affair as it was not the typical arrange marriage stuff that we are so used to. His story is more like the Chetan Bhagat novel "Two states" where a Punjabi boy fall for the Madrasi girl and things become complicated because of the cross cultural divide and family differences. In spite of all the odds these two managed to be together and eventually convinced their respective families to give them their blessings.
My two days stay in Chennai was pretty eventful as marriage functions were going on in full swing and in between me, Chirag and Rungta managed to spare time for some sight seeing. First we reached Chennai museum on the Saturday morning. All sort of historical artifacts were there, from 1000B.C. to contemporary period, like stone statues, Bronze statues, philately(the study of stamps), numismatics (study of coins) etc. After that we went to Marina beach, which by the way is the second longest beach in the world. Me and Chirag went inside the water while Rungta stayed out. After that, a series of events caused much annoyance for us, foremost the climate which was way too humid and communication was a big problem there for a lot of people were simply unable to comprehend Hindi or even English.
Marriage functions were all on time not like our north Indian ways where everything gets delayed. We all danced euphorically with all the weird and funny moves on display at the Baraat ceremony. Feast was served on banana leaf with the sumptuous south Indian cuisine at their particular positions. In the end it was altogether new experience for me- the traditional way of south indian marriage, their customs, language and cuisine. Here are some pics for you guys :
But the just concluded weekend has prompted me again to write something. On the last Friday I boarded my first ever flight from Delhi to Chennai. I was very excited before the flight for the simple reason that it was my first ever air journey and above all, I was going for my first southern state trip. Occasion was the marriage of one of the most genuine person I know, Mr. Sankalp Chabra. His marriage in itself was no routine affair as it was not the typical arrange marriage stuff that we are so used to. His story is more like the Chetan Bhagat novel "Two states" where a Punjabi boy fall for the Madrasi girl and things become complicated because of the cross cultural divide and family differences. In spite of all the odds these two managed to be together and eventually convinced their respective families to give them their blessings.
My two days stay in Chennai was pretty eventful as marriage functions were going on in full swing and in between me, Chirag and Rungta managed to spare time for some sight seeing. First we reached Chennai museum on the Saturday morning. All sort of historical artifacts were there, from 1000B.C. to contemporary period, like stone statues, Bronze statues, philately(the study of stamps), numismatics (study of coins) etc. After that we went to Marina beach, which by the way is the second longest beach in the world. Me and Chirag went inside the water while Rungta stayed out. After that, a series of events caused much annoyance for us, foremost the climate which was way too humid and communication was a big problem there for a lot of people were simply unable to comprehend Hindi or even English.
Marriage functions were all on time not like our north Indian ways where everything gets delayed. We all danced euphorically with all the weird and funny moves on display at the Baraat ceremony. Feast was served on banana leaf with the sumptuous south Indian cuisine at their particular positions. In the end it was altogether new experience for me- the traditional way of south indian marriage, their customs, language and cuisine. Here are some pics for you guys :
Bride and Groom
BreakFast
Natraj pose of Lord Shiva in the Chennai Meuseum
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