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Our desi devi is 34 and still single. Yes, its a major problem. For whom? The society, the family, devi's employers, her friends or for devi herself? We will find out. You see, our devi is that typical well read, well earning, liberal rights female which our desi boys can't stand. There are many reasons for their dislike of our devi: 1. she earns quite a bit of money herself which means the guy cannot have financial control over her. 2. She's read too much, not just your update technology or chicken soup and soul kinda books, mind you. And therefore, she very often sounds like a feminist (this is a definite no-no!!) 3. She is a bit daring according to desi standards, I mean she can hold her bottle of beer or rum and has no hang ups at all.
This is taboo in Indian society, right? I mean girlfriends may drink but then they remain just that -girlfriends only. Very rarely in India, girlfriends who drink graduate to the wedding mandap. Not that these girlfriends are not in demand. They are a major turn on for desi guys awaiting their H1 and B1 visas. It boosts their confidence. Our desi devi was also promised marriage and mangalsutra by one H1-soon-to-be-greencard. However, after 2 years of waiting, she found out that the desi guy had come to India and goneback and that too with a H4 wife along!! Our devi was hurt but she had been smart enough to attend java classes while she waited.
Meanwhile her friends were getting married and having children, and our devi was making money and globe trotting the world. This of course her housewifely friends did not like. But what they hated most was her still in tact figure and smart clothes. And then, to top it all, their husbands constantly hinting them what a smart woman she was. But devi knew in her heart that her next door Jaya was a lot smarter than herself, because she had a husband and a cute brat for a child. That reminded devi that her biological clock was ticking and she ought to do something fast. She consoled herself by looking at celebrity late moms like Madonna.
Better late than never she told herself one morning and connected to the net. After loads of negative matrimonial selection, she chanced upon a Raghuvanshi floating his interests on New York Times cyber cafe. He trekked the Himalayas for fitness and had a business that took him to France and Germany! Our Raghuvanshi was responding to an online forum discussing the art of saying No. "Its better to say no because you don't waste time and you don't "misslid" the other person" he was saying. His spellings were bad, but he seemed like a positive and honest type. I mean he was abuzz the New York Times for god's sake!! So our devi hunted him out and initiated an online romance a la the movie "you got mail". Only the ending was not quite as romantic as the movie. Our hero's age would have been too much even for an extreme liberal. I mean our honest sounding Raghuvansi was 55!! And let's be honest, he was no sitar maestro like Ravi Shankar either. That night devi cried herself to sleep in her expensive Victoria secret night gown.
Come on now, give her a break. She is quite a sport and has one of the most tender hearts you'll ever find, she regularly sends money to most of the children's charities and you know what? Last Summer, she travelled all the way to Nepal just to wish her 'adopted' kids a Happy Birthday. Any takers out there??
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