tabrez's wedding

on new years day, after a long sleep getting over the nights partying- tabrez’s wedding at kurla. a classic coincidence- its taking place directly opposite my fathers office’s window at the far end of the playground of the don bosco institute of technology. ranjit, vijaymala aunty, mom, dad and me sat in his room from where we could see the silver lined red thrones until tabrez arrived.
justice was served finally on to the guy who was always late for every appointment when his bride was delayed in a traffic jam at andheri. the poor thing finally arrived about an hour and a half late frazzled and very tense. tabs meanwhile sat on his designated throne with a fixed permanent smile on his face.
in spite of mine and ranjits feeble protestations the ladies of our group joined us in the mens side of the gathering, but we could not break decorum at mealtime. so we sat- dad, ranz and me on a table with a bunch of kids and ate juicy biryani and stew with bread from a common serving plate at the center. there is an interesting custom that i saw in all the muslim weddings that i have been to on tabrezs side. the serving table is covered with plastic sheets one on top of another and as each group of people finishes their meals, these are removed one by one. interesting.
tabrez we looking handsome as usual with his bread smile, and so were his adorable sisters sabina and samina wearing vaguely marathi looking saris and long gajras in their hair.
heres wishing tabrez and masha for their marraige..