2 States The Story Of My Marriage

he needed a body sheath, given his hairy arms and chest. ‘Orunimishum,’ I said ‘what happened?’ ‘Your son speaks Tamil?’ Shipra ...

I kept a hundred-rupee note in my hand and shook hands with him. Perplexed, he examined the currency. ‘We are giving you out of ...

‘He’s better, he had soup last night and porridge in the morning. He is taking rest now. He sends his regards,’ my mother said. ...

Was this the same girl I met in the mess line fighting for sambhar? Our eyes met briefly. She gave me a little smile, enquiring ...

betel nut. I offered it again and the priest accepted it. He announced the wedding details - the non-abbreviated name of the ven ...

61 ‘So what’s the plan for tonight?’ Rajji mama said after we came back to the hotel. ‘There is dinner at the dining hall at eig ...

aunties feigned horror. My cousins had already booked the vodka bottle. ‘Ice,’ Rajji mama told a waiter at the hotel and gave hi ...

A car stopped outside the hotel just then and a person stepped out. Even in the darkness I could tell who it was. I immediately ...

‘Everyone slept early. We have to wake up at four,’ I said. ‘Oh, I’m keeping you up. Are you sleeping here?’ I nodded and switch ...

62 I had to pour mugfuls of water over their face to wake up my relatives. Rajji mama had a severe hangover. I had slept only th ...

‘You have to change. I am supposed to help you’ he said matter-of-factly. I had worn a new rust-colored silk kurta pajama my mot ...

hand into my underwear. I wondered if a groom can sue his father-in-law for molestation. ‘Please, let me try first,’ I said. Of ...

‘I bought it for you .... I mean us,’ I said. ‘Excuse me?’ she said as the priest scolded us for talking and asked to focus on t ...

‘Hey,’ Ananya’s dad screamed at full volume. ‘Who’s that?’ the auto driver said. ‘Nothing,’ I said, ‘stop.’ I came out of the au ...

everyday. I placed my feet under Ananya’s feet and helped her take seven steps around fire. I slipped silver rings onto her toes ...

63 ‘He has a speech?’ I said. Ananya and I sat on regal chairs at the venue of our reception. At least this function felt famili ...

the eggless cake kept in the middle of the garden. Next to the cake, there was a dais with chairs around it. A waiter rang a han ...

Swami marrying his daughter to a North Indian fellow? I know it, as we would have done the same. Sniggers ran through the crowd. ...

become a bad thing?’ He paused to have a glass of water and continued. ‘Yes, the Tamilian in me is a little disappointed. But th ...

Rajji mama avoided a bad fall while trying a particularly difficult Bhangra-break dance fusion step to impress my new relatives. ...