Indian weddings are the most popular in the world. All colors can be seen on occasion of marriage. People are too happy or enthusiastic for a wedding ceremony. Specially children who are overjoyed in advance to enjoy the marriage invitations. People start their preparations a month before for this auspicious day. All relatives are invited to attend this big day. For some, it is the day to get good food or new clothes , for some it is the day to get good drinks, for some it is the just another hectic day and for some it is just a headache day, depends upon person to person, status to staus and class to class.
Last week was the marriage week for me. I was supposed to attend some of the mandatory marriage ceremonies. That week was the most enjoyable, the most painful, the most ecstatic, the most grieving, the most learning, the most memorable and the most forgettable for me. Now everyone must be wondering how could it be possible to feel all these different emotions in a such a short period of time. This was inflamotionary week just like inflationary week. As per economical definition of Inflation, it is steep rise in prices of commodities in a short period of time, just like that inflamotion is steep rise in different emotions in a short period of time. I suffered from inflamotion in this marriage week.
From last 2 years, it was the the first time that I was attending 3-4 marriages in a week. All I could say, this week was waiting for me to keep me involved as well as aloof from our so called society. I met all sort of relatives and friends, listened to their talks, most of the time absurd ones and all this kept me aloof somewhere from them. I am not a big guy with a big job or heavy pockets, but something was there, pushing me away from everybody around me. May be I overfelt my emotions or may be I could not apply appropriate measures to control the inflamotionary conditions. But somewhere I got to know, why people are so engrossed in themselves without any reason or entangled in themselves with too many reasons.
I could see a proud father who was overwhelmed with the success of his son who was able to convince our society for a love marriage, on the same day I also saw a grief stricken father who lost his only son in an accident a few months back, still he was putting a fake smile on his face to curb the deep pain inside his heart. There were people who were trying to be sophisticated and cultured , there were people who were as genuine and humble as they were always, there were people who were overburdened with bookish knowledge, there were people who were genius without reading any book, there were people who were trying to cherish each and every moment, there were people who were trying to avoid or forget things because that didn’t suit their current status. There was not much difference in personal and professional things as everything was messed up around.
However, it was again a learning period for me. I got to know so many people and things in such a short period of time. I applied certain measures to control the inflamotionary conditions, I hope these will be effective on me as well for all people around me.
