Indian brides are supposed to be shy....never taking an active role in their wedding decisions...but, here's my best and oldest pal Bulti...she was 'zoo-zoo doll' from the day her wedding was arranged...picking herself the sarees and the apparels... after shopping elaborately for about 6months, she was happy ...
and then the D-day arrived...it was the eve of her wedding, going thru the last minute preps, suddenly the bride discovers she hasn't picked up an eye-liner for the wedding....someone needs to buy an eye-liner immediately...the tensed bride looks here and there and she finds me.... well, a friend in need is a friend indeed...so, there i was, volunteering myself for the task...
the shy bride then reveals that not only the eye liner, she forgot to buy a lipstick, a lipgloss,white flowers for her hair and a pair of shoe to wear on her wedding...writing down the things to buy in a piece of paper i felt like running away, b'coz bulti is a perfectionist and me, a clumsy reindeer....but, this was the first time my best friend relied on me with a task, and i knew i cannot fail....i have to win...
so, i went out, with another friend...after travelling much and hopping thru 3 or 4 shops, we bought the eye-liner.....buying the lipstick was difficult because, me and bultz....never had same likings for lipstick shades....i liked light shades snd she the darker ones...usually it was, wahtever i like she hates and vice-versa....it seemed easy if it were any other ocassion but, it was her wedding, i will have to pick something that looks gud on her as well as that she'll like...the girl at the shop painted the back of my hand with various shades of red and pink....it was getting more and more complicated, 'strawberry red' or 'strawberry pink'...'wine red'...or 'sexy berry'??? then after much confusion, i decided to pick two shades, one in pink and one in red....
quite relieved that i faired well on the first task, we went to the shoe store...i liked a pair in the showcase....asked the shopkeeper if it will fit me...it did, but like every other things, we didn't have the same foot size...i asked the assistant to give me the exact design in one size bigger than the one in the showcase....the assistant kept telling me, it will not fit me, but, i said, "trust me, it will"....leaving the shopkeeeper and his assistant in bewilderment, we left.....then it was the flowers.....going thru the floral market twice and thrice we cudn't get a matching flower... it seemed the market had every colur of flowers other than white....then at last had to buy them from a street seller...when we were almost done, bultz called up to know how we were doing...this time it came to me that she hasn't informed any mehendiwali to paint her hands, as every indian brides do...it was about 10pm...so, we started walking towards basanti devi college....when we reached there, there was only few mehendiwalas left...we convinced one, who was charging almost double the rate....then it suddenly it came to me that i haven't asked for bultz's permission....this is important because...i like mehendi....it was obvious that she will hate it...but, there was no time to think, and we almost hijacked the mehendiwala and left for bultz's place...when we reached her place it was 11pm...we were exhausted, but happy at heart...bulti was obviously surprised to see the mehendiwala with us, but like a good indian bride she quietly painted her hands with mehendi...i dumped the stuffs at her place and came back....next day, we enjoyed the wedding to the fullest...and Bulti was the most beautiful bride in the world...
P.S. - Bulti didn't like the lipsticks and the lipgloss...neither did she like the flower and the shoes.....she never told me this, but i know... she happily took everything...not because she was a good indian bride but because she was a friend....and that's how friends are....
me and bulti are not in talking terms anymore....do u know why ??? ...never mind, u'll not understand anyway...!!
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