tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post6166298515095749300..comments2024-03-25T01:20:22.817-04:00Comments on a bengali in TO: Desi Marriage FAQ For Dummiesmezbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-30506463186504225222007-04-07T14:02:00.000-04:002007-04-07T14:02:00.000-04:00Salaam.Hilarious post! Classic Mezba.... I read be...Salaam.<BR/>Hilarious post! Classic Mezba.... <BR/><BR/>I read between the lines though, hehe... despite the <I>"loser like him will get a knockout like her"</I> and <I>"take a picture with your 'friend' and your new bhabi - you really want to see how lucky the bast*** got"</I> and <I>"check her out completely from bottom to top"</I>, when the <I>"married man comes home, sees what's in the bed and goes to the fridge"</I>.... so that's the truth about beautiful woman, eh??? I kid, I kid...Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05128688095068202912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-1753765776691279472007-03-04T23:36:00.000-05:002007-03-04T23:36:00.000-05:00Absolutely Hilarious :DAbsolutely Hilarious :DChamendra Wimalasenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772654996464522949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-76985028759357452007-01-21T22:14:00.000-05:002007-01-21T22:14:00.000-05:00Sadiq, nice to see you here. Followed from my knig...Sadiq, nice to see you here. Followed from my <a href="http://achelois.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/the-king-of-humour/">knighthood post</a>, no doubt?mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-9252403155098932802007-01-21T20:30:00.000-05:002007-01-21T20:30:00.000-05:00gosh!gosh!Sadiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979716765564795436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-10447110554372555652007-01-19T22:51:00.000-05:002007-01-19T22:51:00.000-05:00koonj, arranged marriage is dilli ka ladoo. Ah wel...koonj, arranged marriage is <I>dilli ka ladoo</i>. Ah well...mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-64061553602404911222007-01-19T12:52:00.000-05:002007-01-19T12:52:00.000-05:00Man, you're good! This was seriously good stuff.
...Man, you're good! This was seriously good stuff. <br /><br />"Arranged marriage is the process through which a loser like him will get a knockout like her that he will never get in real life." <br /><br />I can't count the number of weddings where I've wondered exactly that. As for "love marriage," that's where the groom's family is whispering about how "she trapped him" and he could have done so much better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-78243224207495334132007-01-19T11:59:00.000-05:002007-01-19T11:59:00.000-05:00Abu Sinan: But you are not DESI... our "standards"...Abu Sinan: But you are not DESI... our "standards" are gorafic.<br /><br />Sonia: lol, but when you go to Bangladesh EVERYONE feeds you. People actually get offended if you don't clean out the table. I mean if it was me I would be like oh goodie leftovers!mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-66897196936081613272007-01-18T11:32:00.000-05:002007-01-18T11:32:00.000-05:00heh heh very amusing Mezba. oh and also - the reas...heh heh very amusing Mezba. oh and also - the reason the man gets so fat is the mother-in-law must force feed him.!<br /><br />i just got back from dhaka and my poor husband has been so overfed..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-65617457638071359822007-01-18T00:03:00.000-05:002007-01-18T00:03:00.000-05:00All of this obsession with looking white. I dont ...All of this obsession with looking white. I dont get it. I love DARK women.<br /><br /> At least before I got married, that is! LOLأبو سنانhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213826171467402183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-90374214436938700172007-01-17T19:56:00.000-05:002007-01-17T19:56:00.000-05:00Aisha: thank you. I love my commentators.
Arafat:...Aisha: thank you. I love my commentators.<br /><br />Arafat: dude! work hard! lol you wont get a girl with no job.. haha.. desi girls know what pays the bills hyuk hyuk<br /><br />Nowal: NOWAL!!!!<br /><br />Oh my.<br /><br />my my my...<br /><br />Now where exactly do you place this GPS thing? And how should one be placed? As a doctor you can of course recommend some safe procedures to do so ....mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-4710523946101853312007-01-17T19:47:00.000-05:002007-01-17T19:47:00.000-05:00I am no. 33 Mezbollah.
Btw, the friend of yours ...I am no. 33 Mezbollah. <br /><br />Btw, the friend of yours who made the comment in your KANK article on Indiafm that he'd place a GPS on his wife's body...well, as long as he plants it with his own two hands, I doubt she'd mind one bit. *wink*nalumonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12960448076131520817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-9819031391883701722007-01-17T12:38:00.000-05:002007-01-17T12:38:00.000-05:00Dude. This has me nearly rolling on the floor with...Dude. This has me nearly rolling on the floor with laughter (<i>at work!!</i>). Imma share with friends...Rawihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166389198072155897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-2784775188637134282007-01-17T09:12:00.000-05:002007-01-17T09:12:00.000-05:00Mezba. 30 comments!!!! wow! I did an arranged marr...Mezba. 30 comments!!!! wow! I did an arranged marriage 101 but this is much more entertainng and informative at the same time. kudos :)Aishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756390674173743871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-27332373313953025982007-01-17T00:28:00.000-05:002007-01-17T00:28:00.000-05:00ABCDLaw, about the blog roll.. sure.. honored.ABCDLaw, about the blog roll.. sure.. honored.mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-10582114867753013352007-01-17T00:24:00.000-05:002007-01-17T00:24:00.000-05:00Maleeha: thanx, I wrote it as a kind of cheerful s...Maleeha: thanx, I wrote it as a kind of cheerful satire and it's great people like it.<br /><br />Saqi: thanx - see response to Haleem below.<br /><br />Abcdlaw:lol. I forgot about the <I>mehndi</i>. Actually Bengalis don't have a <I>mehndi</i> it's sort of rolled into the Holud, so I wouldn't exactly know what happens but it sure sounds like fun.<br /><br />Nowadays white people watch so many bollywood movies anyways (my white friends all watched Bend It Like Beckham, Monsoon Wedding) that they know better than we do! lol<br /><br />Haleem - I leave all arranged marriage posts to you bro! One of us alone should be able to do the job of two girls.. after all isn't the witness (or in today's term blog post) of one man equal to two women? lol we should be able to take on IshyMosa...<B>NOT!</b><br /><br />Those girls rule.<br /><br />NAB and I were just discussing the other day that women bloggers are more serious in their blogs. It took one simultaneous day for ALL our female blog friends to prove that theory wrong.mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-29885670285682852632007-01-16T23:59:00.000-05:002007-01-16T23:59:00.000-05:00lol... after Isheeta and Samosa teamed up, maybe t...lol... after Isheeta and Samosa teamed up, maybe there should be a guy team up as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-9736864230647792372007-01-16T23:03:00.000-05:002007-01-16T23:03:00.000-05:00Great explanation about desi weddings, but you for...Great explanation about desi weddings, but you forgot the most fun part of the desi wedding celebration-the MEHNDI! It's my favorite part of the whole thing, because it has all the classic elements:<br />1)Guys all dressed alike to resemble back-up dancers, Check. <br />2)A "friendly" competition between the bride and groom's friends/cousins about whose side is the best aka loudest singers. Check, and remember to bring ear plugs.<br />3)Choreographed dances.<br />4)Bride's sisters begging the groom for money. I think this is the first glimpse into the rest of his life. Welcome to Matrimony. Now don't be a cheap skate all 30 of the bride's cousins have to go out for ice cream on the money you give so PAY UP!<br /><br />Also I think if any desi has a large amount of non-desi friends attending their wedding, they need to send out a pamphlet(actually it'll probably end up being the size of an epic novel) about the basics of a desi wedding. Mezba, you've done an excellant FAQ, and IA one day I hope you will be printing it out and sending it to all your non-desi friends along with the wedding invitations:)<br /><br />PS Can I put you on my blogroll? ThanksRecovering Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710622145622331105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-16391889169519380442007-01-16T21:22:00.000-05:002007-01-16T21:22:00.000-05:00Earlier I suggested that CaptainChaos should write...Earlier I suggested that CaptainChaos should write a book about desi marriages. Now I think you should write a companion book to his book.Saqi Namahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546216775116026534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-80357741464891327192007-01-16T20:24:00.000-05:002007-01-16T20:24:00.000-05:00oh geez, this was too true. its funny because its ...oh geez, this was too true. its funny because its true....https://www.blogger.com/profile/08641974853033207241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-51095261048046569722007-01-16T19:19:00.000-05:002007-01-16T19:19:00.000-05:00sf: lol anon is my most frequent commentator! Wow....sf: lol anon is my most frequent commentator! Wow.. so that's what those girls were doing at one of my friend's wedding, making fun of him! When i get married I will be sure to be on the lookout for giggling girlfriends.<br /><br />liya: we Bengalis have this ceremony called holud. I have seen some Indian/Pakistanis have it too (called it haldi ceremony). Holud means yellow in Bengali. <br /><br />The ceremony consists of different people taking a bit of a yellow paste (called holud) and rubbing it across your face and feeding you little gulab jamuns and other sweets. Yes, it is exactly as tiresome as it sounds. <br /><br />The idea of this yellow paste is that when applied will make your skin whiter. Although now everyone does it just because it's tradition, that's the original intent. Coz, after all, we all are supposed to want to be white.<br /><br />Farah: Yes, I did get three emails from blogger with the same comment :-)<br /><br />I am glad you enjoyed it. <br /><br />About Indiafm .. yes.. I saw it.. knowing bollywood's pentant for stealing ideas (look <a href="http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/01/15/2097/index.html"> here </a>) I don't know if I should be glad or not.mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-74961819223451643692007-01-16T19:13:00.000-05:002007-01-16T19:13:00.000-05:003rd time putting this comment... stupid blogger su...3rd time putting this comment... stupid blogger sucks, move to wordpress already<br /><br />Loved it loved it loved it loved it.<br /><br />I was in splits the whole time. Ya I heard the bachelor/fridge thing before but you put it well.. hahaha..<br />especially desi uncles... bengali men don't need to tie their lungi their gut is enough!<br /><br />ps. mezba you are on <br /><a href="http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/01/16/2099/index.html" >Indiafm</a>!<br /><br />What did you do? maybe they will take movie ideas from you thenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-24761670055271136622007-01-16T16:43:00.000-05:002007-01-16T16:43:00.000-05:00"It is also noted that men become fatter after the..."It is also noted that men become fatter after their wedding. It is due to the fact that when a bachelor comes home, he sees what's in the fridge and goes to bed. Whereas the married man comes home, sees what's in the bed and goes to the fridge." - Too hilarious!!!!!! LOL<br /><br />I feel stupid for asking, but I didn't get the "brown + yellow = white part" - can you explain?'liyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682312785305176809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-47814500772972499032007-01-16T16:33:00.000-05:002007-01-16T16:33:00.000-05:00Hey,I think you got another anon. person mixed up!...Hey,I think you got another anon. person mixed up!LOL<br />You know where we come from,it's usual segregated,ie males/females don't sit together. I remember when I was still single,if it was a friend's wedding(which I rarely went)we would just wait just to see who/how the groom looked liked and we made fun of him! Sigh.... those were the days!!! :) sfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-8428506123849030232007-01-16T15:12:00.000-05:002007-01-16T15:12:00.000-05:00Isheeta, thank you. And may I take the opportunity...Isheeta, thank you. And may I take the opportunity here to tell everyone that not only is Isheeta a beautiful woman, she is also SMART. And talented. Think about it. <br /><br />PS. Ish, you know my account number ;-)<br /><br />M&M: Thank you. It was all actually rather on-the-spur kind of thing. No edits, no revises.<br /><br />Anon: :-))<br /><br />Asmaa: Well, what can I say. I am not making fun of arranged marriage (not to say that process is terribly flawed, outdated and full of cliche contradictions). This post is more about our desi marriage ceremony as a whole.<br /><br />You just had to be there!mezbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450639860657867772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600258.post-51416640329022383072007-01-16T14:47:00.000-05:002007-01-16T14:47:00.000-05:00Hmm I didn't actually find that all too funny. It'...Hmm I didn't actually find that all too funny. It's all fine and dandy to poke fun at the institution of arranged marriages, but this just borders on being overkill man. The joke is dead.Asmaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799829085959558569noreply@blogger.com