A Pre Monsoon wedding
A century ago in a remote village lived a tough looking postman along with his strong determined wife. Those days, maybe marriage meant reproduction and they did the same until the count reached eight. In that age of socialist India and communist Kerala survival was a fight and for this family of 10 along with their cattle it was a war.
The courageous lady had a vision and plans for future of the family. The eldest son left home to the promised land of those days followed by other siblings. Hard work being the lesson from their mother they all succeeded the tests of life. Years rolled on, the family reunited to celebrate a marriage, a pre Monsoon wedding in a humid city. All the siblings of that great lady are themselves now grandparents. Their children all well off, few in U.S few in Gulf and others in different cities of India. A struggling family in a small village is now a thriving global family. Everyone’s life style is different from others. But all stand united whenever situations arise
These people with unique nose and mostly dimpled are also an example of the development of rural India in last 60 years. Hence the family are a prototype model of Shine India. The wedding gave me an insight into the families asset, that is affection without any apprehensions and it is now passed on to the next generation. Though the Pre Monsoon wedding gala was sweaty and sticky it revealed me the cool and warmth of the family of that grand old postman and his focused wife.
- A Thought the other way round
Hareesh Aravindakshan.
A century ago in a remote village lived a tough looking postman along with his strong determined wife. Those days, maybe marriage meant reproduction and they did the same until the count reached eight. In that age of socialist India and communist Kerala survival was a fight and for this family of 10 along with their cattle it was a war.
The courageous lady had a vision and plans for future of the family. The eldest son left home to the promised land of those days followed by other siblings. Hard work being the lesson from their mother they all succeeded the tests of life. Years rolled on, the family reunited to celebrate a marriage, a pre Monsoon wedding in a humid city. All the siblings of that great lady are themselves now grandparents. Their children all well off, few in U.S few in Gulf and others in different cities of India. A struggling family in a small village is now a thriving global family. Everyone’s life style is different from others. But all stand united whenever situations arise
These people with unique nose and mostly dimpled are also an example of the development of rural India in last 60 years. Hence the family are a prototype model of Shine India. The wedding gave me an insight into the families asset, that is affection without any apprehensions and it is now passed on to the next generation. Though the Pre Monsoon wedding gala was sweaty and sticky it revealed me the cool and warmth of the family of that grand old postman and his focused wife.
- A Thought the other way round
Hareesh Aravindakshan.
