Thursday, April 28, 2005

peN pAkkum padalam

This is the topic that is most discussed amongst the people I relate to the most. The common place that every eligible (?) bachelor visits before marriage.
For whatever reasons, I still feel that our Indian society works the patriarchic way. So when does the Boy’s family really venture into the formality itself.?Does it not happen after all the screening, matching, compromising (parihAram) have been made? Somebody out there, please explain to me the necessity for this formality? Assuming there is some sanity to the explanations provided, why is it that the Guy’s family takes the first step in mouthing out the cliché poi solli anupparom, why is it the Girl’s family never ever heard of coming out with something like, ootanda solli anupparen.
Biologically, it is a proven fact that men are indecisive when it comes to choosing their soul-mate. So why the $@#!% the custom?
Will they ever realize how painful it is to be portrayed as unfit to live with in front of the whole contingent of friends and relatives? Though they are much more intelligent in choosing their life partner? I think in the whole of animal kingdom, Humans, that too the Indian community is the only species, where the parents court to aid their younglings progeny.

Ain’t it funny and degrading?

Ps: (?) in line 2 was to mark the pun on the word eligible.

6 comments:

Zeppelin said...

adra adra adra !!!

:)

sb said...

Hey Senthil,
I agree with for most parts. But even in a job interview don't you get irritated when you are given reasons that you have mentioned on your resume.
why on earth do we go through an ellaborate procedure of pre-screening?

dinesh said...

Sujan,

Good post da. I agree with the contents. But namma pesi innatha panna porom ? Modhal la avangala thirundha chollu, apparam namma thirundhikkalaam :)

Shanmughamani, liked your comment ! Funny !

The Doodler said...

Sigh..I agree completely. But I do think these days things are not so bad. The peN paarkum padalam has become more informal, relaxed. And here's one incident that I personally witnessed. One guy came to see a cousin of mine.
Guy (in front of the entire audience):Can you sing? I want my wife to sing.
Girl(stupefied): Yes, I sing ok. Do you sing?
Guy: No. I rarely listen to music.
Pinna, ennada nonsense question adhu?! Kekkave theriyadhavan edhukku ipdi oru question kekkaNum?

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