Finally it was Monday, and after tea, maa gave me a list and sent me off to the market. Her eyes had a strange twinkle that day, but she still acted as his mother.
It was the most exciting shopping I ever did.
• Jasmine Flowers
• Two flower garlands
• New white Kurta Pyjama for him
And…..
• A pack of Condoms!
my mind was racing as I came back home.
“Got everything” mother asked taking the bags from me.
“Yes Ma” I said looking at her. She looked lovely even though she was dressed in a normal saree and had not eve done her hair well. But i saw that she had done mehendi in her hands.
Maa kept the bags on the living room table and turned to me. She held my hands and brought them to her lips and kissed my fingers. “Are you sure about this Beta”
I nodded “Yes Ma, yes, are you….”
She smiled “Yes dear, I have made you wait for long, I have waited for long….”
We had an early dinner, with the food mother had made. The dal and chapathi tasted heavenly as my mother served me with love.
She told me that she has found a good time (mahurath) at 8.30 PM that night, and we will have small ceremony in their puja room. She asked me to have a bath and come to the puja room by 8.15.
I helped her to clear the dishes and then went upstairs to my room. I got ready and wore my new dress. I felt as if this was so real, as if I was getting really married.
It was 8.15 and I reached the puja room, and what I saw blew my mind. my mother had lighted the lamps and had had arranged a small havan (fire). She was standing there waiting for me. She was dressed a fine silk saree, deep red in color with the saree pallu covering her head. She was wearing make-up and her head was adorned with flowers. She was wearing jewellery, chains, traditional earrings, and many things which Raj did not know the names of. The gold added to her magnificent allure. She looked every inch a bride, like a godess.
“Oh Ma….. you look so….. so beautiful” I blurted out
“Thank you Raj” she smiled coyly.
She pulled me near to the havan and asked him to light it.
“There is no pundit, but we have the fire and Gods as witness” she said.
She switched on a small portable CD player she had brought to the puja room and the sound of wedding hymns filled the room.
“Are you ready Raj” she asked
I nodded
“Mother…Mother, you’re the most beautiful woman in the world,” I groaned, gawking at her shamelessly.
“Thank you,” she murmured softly, stepping up directly in front of me.
All her beauty was having a profound effect on me. She was finally going to be mine completely.
I then saw that she had removed her mangalsutra and had it in her hand in a yellow thread. She gave it to me.
“Please make me your wife my son” she said.
Only the strains of the Wedding hymns were to be heard as they stood staring into each other’s eyes.
“You’re sure?” she smiled, looking down to see that my hands were shaking.
“Please…Maa ..stop teasing me,” I whined. “Yes, yes, yes, I want to go through with it.”
“Okay then,” she said, bowing her head. “Tie the mangalsutra and make me your Patni (wife)”
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