Random Thoughts of an Unconventional Mind

It has taken me a long time to get myself to start posting but the time is here at last. I usually work best at night and this is the first night of writing for my blog, so I decided to start with a humorous post on "First Night".

Arranged marriage has always fascinated me (considering that I am going to be part of such an arrangement in the future, it had to be part of my thoughts). I was recently watching this first night scene in a telugu movie – girls giggling and pushing the heroine into the bedroom with a glass of milk, hero waiting in anticipation along with the flowers, fruits, sweets (Oh GOD! I rarely eat fruits and sweets; I need something spicy! Also, I do not drink plain milk, so I need Chocolate Milk or Bournvita. Mom and Dad, I hope you are listening) and great background music by Mani Sarma (he's used this same piece in numerous movies but thats besides the point) – and it reminded me of a question I had in my mind a few years back: "When you're part of an arranged marriage with a girl you hardly know, do you consummate the marriage on your first night as we see in movies?". Well the obvious logical answer (at least for me) is "No. How can you? You hardly know the girl!". The technically correct answer is that you should. The muhurtham/muhurat fixed by the pandit (if I understand correctly) is for when you are supposed to "do it". How the heck are you supposed to be able to "do it" at that exact time (especially when it is your first try as is the case for many desis), only god knows (God! now that is another controversial topic for another post).

Anyway, different people think differently, so I decided to have a discussion with some of my friends (this was about 4 years back when I was an undergrad in India). Some of them accepted my view but then there were others with some humorous statements. One purported reason put forward for consummation on the first night was that the girl is expecting you to do it and if you don't, she will feel that there is something wrong (and maybe ask you to talk to Dr. Samaram). Now that was a thought that never occurred to me. Recently, I had another thought. Thanks to movies, we now know that flowers, fruits, milk and a ton of other things are available in your bedroom on your "First Night" but do they arrange for CONDOMS!? Knowing desis, I would like to bet that they don't. Now if you do consummate your marriage there is a probability of pregnancy. And what happens then? Abortion! Well, not many desi girls and elders would be comfortable with the thought of abortion – killing a child!! So they have kids early and live a happy life ever after (c'mon everything has some probability even if it is small and anyway desis always need a happy ending).

Well, that ends my first post. Finally!!!
I can now officially declare myself a blogger