Ordinary decent girls from Hyderabad become 'posh' once they get married to a software engineer. If the guy lives abroad, then that's it. You had it. First step will be a hair makeover. The standard plait and Parachute oil will be replaced by a U or a Z or a P shaped finishing along with hair cosmetics worth 3,000 a month. First up on Facebook and Orkut will be a few pictures taken on serene roads with a jeans and a top with a hoodie. Then, there will be pictures of home, car and the corner where they pray - pooja room (to impress relatives).
The girl will forget the pani puri she ate on the roads and now, there will be pictures taken at McDonald's, the restaurant serving the blandest tasting food in the world. Once mandatory gold chain and hanging ear rings are worn only on Diwali, Ugadi and Sankranti to show off the Indianness at pseudo-Indian associations while the main objective is full plate rice and sambar.
Indian friends who chat with her will realize her language has changed. "Bye ra, See you ra" will become "Catchya or TTYL" (Full form unknown in most cases). Thanksgiving becomes a festival as important as any and cheap stuff purchased at 92% discount will be shown off as hep electronic gadgets.
And when they come to India, Goggles are mandatory even after sunset and before sunrise - it hurts you see. Bindi is an option whereas once it was mandatory while she stood at the bus stand waiting for the next bus. Seven-seater auto, once the most used mode of transport is now 'cheap' and independent auto or booked cabs become the way of life. Visits to the temple are the same, just that the way you take 'Arati, Teerth and Prasadam' change - now it is with a 'i'm-doing-it-for-the-first-time' expression on the face.
Skirts, mini skirts and micro-mini skirts were considered a taboo when she was studying and along with her mother, she used to abuse those scantily clad girls on TV during channel changes in commercial breaks of a serial in which the woman marries the same guy for the third time. Now, skirts are mandatory you see.
However, while all these changes happen in two years, the husband, the techie is still thinking of only one thing - when his wife would go to her mothers place so that he can get a bottle of whiskey and drink peacefully.
- Deepak Karamungikar
And when they come to India, Goggles are mandatory even after sunset and before sunrise - it hurts you see. Bindi is an option whereas once it was mandatory while she stood at the bus stand waiting for the next bus. Seven-seater auto, once the most used mode of transport is now 'cheap' and independent auto or booked cabs become the way of life. Visits to the temple are the same, just that the way you take 'Arati, Teerth and Prasadam' change - now it is with a 'i'm-doing-it-for-the-first-time' expression on the face.
Skirts, mini skirts and micro-mini skirts were considered a taboo when she was studying and along with her mother, she used to abuse those scantily clad girls on TV during channel changes in commercial breaks of a serial in which the woman marries the same guy for the third time. Now, skirts are mandatory you see.
However, while all these changes happen in two years, the husband, the techie is still thinking of only one thing - when his wife would go to her mothers place so that he can get a bottle of whiskey and drink peacefully.
- Deepak Karamungikar
