Its that time of the year!!!

This post is not about a weekend get away or a longer holiday (Well, I could have written about my recent visit to Jammu city – but since it was an official trip, ‘professionalism’ demands that I do not write about it on my ‘personal’ blog!!). This post revolves around a recent ‘trip’ to Delhi (from Gurgaon) for a wedding of a friend. The ‘trip’ took some 3 hours each side to cover a distance of 60 kms!!!!!! The news is that some 22000 people in Delhi decided to get married on the same day and around the same time . Thank God that there were 4 of us in the car (and I must mention here that the friend driving the car was very patient and saved us from becoming patients of impatience). What is interesting is the fun we had during the JOURNEY – the discussions varied from recession to shopping/travel, equality vs. equal opportunity, traffic on Delhi roads specially during ‘wedding season’ and the possible solutions to reduce it. We thought of some innovative solutions (though we also concluded that probably China has already used some of them – to control population!!) for this:
1. Welcome back the Quota System: Every year, the local administration should release a quote for number of marriages that can take place on a particular day and those desiring to get married should register with the administration. Yes, there will be administrative issues and corruption and touts that will emerge because of this- but then we as Indians are used to all this- right??!
2. Time of Day Charges: Separate quota and charges of marriages during different times – peak and off peak – attached with it could be special discounts for off peak weddings……ye ye ye!!!
3. Postpone the hungama: The wedding ceremony becomes a private family affair and the big blast celebrations come later (during the off peak season)

So, which of the above you think will work in saaddi dilli???
Before I forget, almost all the cars on the road had decked up people and even brides and grooms waiting in the traffic!!

Coming back to the wedding, we finally reached the venue and it was beautiful – the groom also got caught in the traffic so we did manage to see the jai mala ceremony. Wishing the lovely newly weds a beautiful life together (this post is especially for them!).