Sania-Shoaib will more or less settle down in their happily ever after life. But just when this cross-country mismatch shared their nuptials, surpassing their Nikah-Talakh-nikah saga the ever doting media started courting another set of prospective lovers—the charming minister (a rare sight of Indian politics) Shashi Tharoor and his alleged love interest Sunanda Pushkar.
One week ago it was in the news that Tharoor was reportedly going to tie the knot with Pushkar, but a week later the plot has thickened in to a rather weird string of events leading to the IPL controversy and when the marriage is happening anybody’s guess..
Okay, I’m not trying to flaunt my news sense about all this nonsense, but trying to put forth a theory that came to my mind while watching these two couples being the apple of every voyeur’s eye in the country.
In the 21st century couples can no longer reach the cocoon of their happily ever after…without “Hum sab” being a part of their lives. This is true even with us—the non-celebrities who hardly have a “colourful life”.
A few of my cousins and friends are slated to say their “I do” this year and their problem is guess who?? “Hum sab”. Hum sab is my theory of people including parents (who have their dreams and aspirations for the wedding), the seemingly welcoming yet stubborn in-laws, nosy uncles, bubbly aunties and of course emotional attyacharis—the grandparents. If you are an Indian and getting married you will be marrying all of the above besides your partner.
At a celebrity wedding the Hum sab are all of us—the media and the audience (who help soar the TRPs). As our society is steadily moving closer towards concepts like nuclear family, live-in relationships, single parent and same-sex relationships, the one thing we are losing out on is Privacy…
The irony is that earlier, in the days when people used to live with 20 others under the same roof, privacy was a coveted entity worshipped by all. A wedding was a private affair and only those who want to bless the couple were invited. Today it’s more of a show-off business trying hard to be in synch with bollywood.
But seems like this is how it works or rather is the play of the game called—Shaadi. I guess the only thing that matters amidst this babel of hum sub is that the Pati-Patni duo (both celebrity and common) don’t lose their sanity and successfully tread through the aisle to their happily ever after…
God bless the Pati-Patni…
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