'Modern' Marriage @ Patna
It was winter, and it was Patna. I recently got an opportunity to attend a marriage in the city. After travelling for 30 hrs in train, from Mumbai, I surprisingly reached on time. Why surprisingly? Because the Danapur division of the Indian railways are very notorious in their time management. Legends say that the reason 'Vikas' is late in Bihar, is simply because it is waiting for its turn at Danapur outer. Khair, time for some mandatory Bihari nostalgia. You stay wherever in the world, there is actually something in your home state which magically connects with you. It was 5 am in the morning, and the station was hyperactive with passengers. The auto waley bhaiyas , as their constitution says, were fighting for passengers. The local bidi tobacco shop had a flurry of visitors, and the accompanied tea thela was getting ready to provide the platform to the argumentative citizens all around. With blaring sound boxes playing Shiva strotam, the biggest billboard in the vicinity, w...