Dear Bride, Calm Down

This is an open letter for all the brides to be.

Yes I know there's a lot of stress around you. The wedding date is approaching and there's so much to do!!
The lehengha has still not come, the gown does not fit well, the trousseau shopping is still remaining, you are yet to meet the decorator, you are yet to finalise on the food menu and oh of course you have to accompany all your family members for their shopping sprees and obviously that's pending yet.

Yes the Indian wedding does sound like one crazy mela with the bride at the centre of it all. There is no time to breath, no time to have your coffee alone, no time for friends. In short no time for yourself or for things you want to do.

Its an insane journey from the bride-to-be to the bride but trust me its all worth it. These are the moments you shall cherish forever.

My advice to you is.. Calm Down..
Dont let those bridezilla moments boggle you down. They will just add up to the stress lines on your face and nothing good shall come out of it.

You find most of the brides shouting and yelling either at vendors or friends or cousins or family members. But she is just venting her frustration out. Yes I know its easier said than done but seriously dont let the frustration get the better of you. Nobody is going to notice the lil spot that nail polish left on your skin or that flower which is looks ugly and hangs from the corner most part of your mandap.

All that matters is you are gonna be walking down the aisle with the person who loves you the most and feels that you look extremely ravishing as a bride. You dont want those stress lines to ruin that moment.. do you??

You should be thankful that all the people who matter to you in this world are standing by your side on that day and they dont care about those flowers or starters which were not as per your selection.

Another advice to you is always have a plan B.  Yes it might rain on that day even if you are getting married in December. The ghodi might not turn on time, the photographer may meet with an accident.. Yes such mishaps do happen and its very important to have a plan B. This way you shall not panic at the end moment and also shall you be able to carry on your functions like a boss.


I love how one of my friends was indulging herself into painting 10 days before the wedding and the next day she was gonna make a trip to the spa and the day after that she went out with her girls for some wine and shine. She was so relaxed about the whole thing that she just did not want marriage stress to touch her. This is called attending your wedding with a lot of swag.

So yes girls, just calm down... smile for your pictures, click lot of selfies and preserve this day as the most cherished one in your life than the most stressful one.

Bridezilla??? Says who???

The Bride-to-be is NOT always chocolate, lime juice, ice cream toffeeyan

Yes it is True!!

The Bollywood and this country has stereotyped the brides-to-be as the over enthusiastic super happy girl who is excited AF for her wedding right from the time her wedding got finalised and announced.

Its like the only dream of the girl is to have a lavish wedding, plan her wedding to the tee, dress in sheer finery, look resplendent as a bride, go for a honeymoon, have children and be a part of a big happy family.
Man, we are so typecasted.

Here's breaking the cliche for you guys. WE GIRLS ARE NOT ALWAYS EXTRA EXCITED AND HAPPY TO GET MARRIED.
No we are not dancing to bollywood songs as soon as we hit puberty. Who dafuq sings chocolate lime juice.
No we are also not dreaming about our 'Mr Right' all the time. Yes, Kajol was getting paid shit loads of money to stereotype us by singing Mere Khwabon mein jo aaye. Yes occasionally we do dream about Ryan Gosling or James Franco but that's that.

In our growing up years we are not really made to believe that our only purpose in life is to be a part of someone else's life.

And no.. Absolutely not are we always so jumpy at the idea of we getting married.

The typical stereotype is that we the F gender are always excited to get married and the M gender, they are scared AF even at the prospect of marriage.

There are tons and tons of bollywood songs dedicated to the whole 'FEAR' that men go through when they are about to get married but there's not a single song that acknowledges the fact that girls are afraid as much as the guys are with the idea of marriage. I kid you not. NOT A SINGLE SONG on that situation from Bollywood who churns out billions of songs in a year for all the weirdest situation.

Its not that only guys are thinking about their ex when they are about to get married. Oh ya our beloved bollywood does not even acknowledge the fact that girls do have exes too.

Ofcourse we are made to believe that the girl is always so seedhi saadi that all her life she was saving herself just for that one person and was waiting for that one person.

Men, yes they are always portrayed as the casanovas and how they dated multiple girls but when they meet the 'right' girl they suddenly change.
Ya thats another one of our responsibilities. We hear this so often. 'Tu jaayegi na toh sab badal jaayega' Ya right as if I am getting married to save a family, to do some kinda social service.

So let me sum it up for you people. Marriage for a girl is not about all the makeup, mehendi and lehenga. Its not about singing songs and jumping all around. Its not true.

Its way beyond. Its a huge responsibility, a big change. A change so difficult that we almost forget how to dance in the process of adapting to it.

We are so frustrated with the whole wedding planning process that the stress makes all the beauty and joy disappear.

And we are equally scared to get married as much as the guy but we know at the end of it, it shall be all good.

5 Wedding trends that are absolute faf !! Word of Caution: Don't fall for it!!

Yes the wedding season is approaching and I am sure a lot of preps are on in most of the households who are hosting weddings of their daughter or son. A lot of preps take place even when you have to attend a wedding of a close cousin or a distant relative.. Yea yea.. the societal pressure to look your best and especially if you next up in the queue; you have to be the most decked up because a wedding is generally a playground for you to find 'the Mr Right' (sarcasm galore). But whatever it is we love decking up and weddings and other functions around it are nothing but just another reason for us to play dress up.

Each wedding has a distinct element of its own be it through the means of its decor, or through its simplicity. Sometimes its the grandeur that charms the guests and sometimes its the quirk. A wedding is generally an extended reflection of the personality of the bride and the groom.
And every season we see various wedding trends come and go and some are here to stay, be it wedding fashion, wedding songs, the sangeet trend, etc etc. But to be honest there are certain trends which are utterly disgusting and should be stopped right away. They have so much faf in it that they fall in the list of 'nothing but annoying'.

Today I m gonna be listing down 5 of such ultimate faf trends which have popped up in Indian weddings and people who are tying the knot should never ever fall for it.

1. 3D VIDEOGRAPHY

Yes, this is utterly stupid. The photographer and his team who shall be responsible for cinematography shall try to push you for this saying that its the new in-thing. It basically covers your entire wedding in 3D and ofcourse you need 3D television and 3D glasses later to watch your videos. I mean who really wants see their own videos in 3D and then when I am inviting all my guests home to watch the wedding videos, I am going to have to buy a 3D television and ofcourse 3D glasses for all of my 50 guests. YEAH SURE!!!
Please do not even put your toenail in this trap because like I said its nothing but a trap. The quality of a 3D wedding is nothing close to a Disney movie and you shall end up looking shoddy in your own wedding video which you definitely dont want. This also costs upto lacs of rupees just for the equipment and another few lacs to edit and ofcourse another few lacs to buy that 3D TV. So much for that one video which is going to go in the attic after a few months of the wedding. Thanks but no thanks

This is how your wedding video might just end up looking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRsZtsPbzgI

2. WEDDING STYLISTS 

Wedding stylists are basically people who shall decide the look of your wedding. They shall sprinkle in a few technical words garnished with some extremely eloquent English that sounds classy and you are sold. These people tell you how the wedding should look, which flowers should be used for the wedding, which way should the flowers be arranged, what colour clothes should your mom wear as against what your dad is wearing, what scent should you be using, how should your lehenga swirl (No, I am not making this up) , how should your pictures look, what should be the theme of your wedding, etc. Basically, whatever your wedding planner and decorator could have done directly, a stylist is doing it indirectly because d'uh ofcourse they are gonna make you hire a decorator and a wedding planner eventually. You could totally google shit up and put an extremely fun yet elegant wedding together but people who are either not confident or have a lot of money and they want to flaunt of having a stylist hire one.
And mind you, a wedding stylist just to put things in perspective for you (from Pinterest and Google of course) coughs up a few lacs up your pockets. So please do not fall for this just because you can and its simply faf!!

3. Inviting celebrities for the weddings:

I am sure a lot of you know about this but my question is WWWHHHHHYYYYYYY???

I mean weddings is all about families coming together and the most important people are the bride and the groom but no there are certain families who want to take away that attention from the bride and the groom and shower all of it on a celebrity who charges a bomb just to make an appearance, who doesn't even know who's getting married to whom and is there just because you are showering shit loads of money on him/her. Who wouldn't click selfies with you then if you are paying them so much. Suddenly the talk of the town is that so and so had come to this one's wedding. Umm.. how about we give attention where its due. We shower all our focus and blessings on the two most important people of that day; The bride and the groom.

4. Finger print message book:

I dont know whether y'all have come across this one, but being a wedding planner I have got THIS particular demand a lot. Seems like its trending a lot. I mean ofcourse its important to have a message book and its very important to get creative and innovative there as it is an engaging factor too for the guests, but a finger print message book is like taking it too far. Firstly you don't know who all have stamped on that book because you obviously cant recognise the person with just his/her finger print. Secondly, that piece of chart paper is eventually gonna end up in trash can (ya..that's where) because look up, you don't know who's signed in there for you so its as good as useless for you and thirdly when I am all dressed up in finery and tried to look my elegant best all I want to do is smear some paint on my fingers and risk spoiling my outfit (ya right) That's something your guests don't want to do ..really.. believe me.. so throw this thought out of the window and brainstorm on a better idea.

5. Live broadcasting of your wedding

Oh yes, I am not making this up either. This is a thing, for real.. No KIDDING I Swear.. But this is surely the worst trend I have ever come across.
The whos who of the society who have a lot of cash to blow up and dont know where else to spend have started adopting this new faf trend. They tie up with the local cable guys and your wedding is broadcasted live.. like for real and the whole world can see it. This takes place majorly in the smaller towns where the communities are closely knit and cable is still a trending thing. But still, this is the ultimate crap I have come across. Its like I haven't called you for my wedding so here's me sending you all the minute by minute live footage bitch. I so totally want to do that right (sarcasm galore once again)

So guys.. please stay aware and stay away from such BS trends as they shall do you no good and you shall just ending up coughing a lot of money. A LOT.

If you know of such more faf trends write it down in your comments below or tell me on my facebook page.