Lalay guess what, Ahmed got married .!!
Sesly
? Na kar yar …..kameenay nay bataya nae
mje ..! So how did the ceremony go?
I
don’t know, the news struck upon me yesterday when I logged onto my facebook
account. Firstly I thought that it’s Ahmed, with his usual style of one
month-one girl….:P
“We
exchange smiles of Kameengi” And
Shahnawaz continued;
But
then I saw numerous comments of ‘Congratulations’ and realized that he actually
got married. Plus the invitation card was laying in my inbox !!
On
this I too realized that I haven’t been on facebook from weeks and my life
might come to an end if I continued my ignorance to the prestigious social
website.
Shahnawaz and Ahmed were my childhood friends. We were too close….and our bond
was getting so tight day by day that we had to take a break when people started
giving us strange nodes……and we heard a poet shouting “ Ab
itna b na chaho k dam nikal jae “
We
used to spend weekends together…..one fine weekend when I came back home, my
mother was waiting for me right at my doorstep.
“Where
the hell were you, koi sharam hai tm
main, pori raat
bahir guzar di”
And
for a moment I felt like being an 18 year old, young, sizzling, hot babe….whose
mother is always worried for her izzat ki
tajori. But then I quickly came back to the reality. An average boy …with
ordinary looks with no sense of fashion and a personality sprinkled with bad
manners and ever rolling tongue….throwing pinching and at times colorful
….melodious words of typical Punjabi abusive language.
“Oh
come on. Why do you have to worry about me, no one has to do any thing with me,
and even by mistake if some one gets onto me, he would curse the time when he
thought of it, and if it’s the other sex …she….then I would be more grateful to
her :P ”
Though
I never had the courage to utter the later cheaper part of my thoughts.
But
right now, here on this piece of writing, let us just focus on Ahmed’s bride.
So
on Shahnawaz’s alarm, I rushed onto
my desktop, quickly logged onto my facebook account, saying so …‘quickly’, it
still took an entire 20 minutes effort to do that. Yes my old Pentium 4, full
of Trojan viruses which always had to be restarted atleast once for normal
operation, and then the ever ‘fast and furious’ Qubee internet connection.
Connecting
………….connecting…………!!
And
my mother called in …….’beta khana kha lo
aa kar’
And
we all know ….’Ma k hath ka khana, umm yumm’
It
took me around 15 minutes to hasten the entire meal inside, came back to my
room and to my highest level of patience test.
Connecting
………….connecting……….!
But
finally it connected. And there I was 87 likes, around 141 comments, many many
congradulations and what not. And yes the couple …standing, smiling at each
other, holding hands and probably vowing in their hearts for ever lasting
relationship.
Awwww
how cute.
And
then I heard someone saying …..’what are you doing’
I
??
Well
am just looking at my friend and his bride. I simply replied.
What
….sharam kar yar. Bhabi hai teri.
Yes
I know that. But I haven’t placed this picture. Ahmed wants every one to see
this, he wants us to see his bride. Or he could have simply placed in his own
picture. Now come on just shut up and let me focus.
After
putting a close eye on the couple, I commented
“MA
SH ‘ALLAH both of you are meant for each other, A decent couple indeed. Congratulations
bro”
And
while doing soo, Shahnawaz’s words
echoed in my ears;
‘Beta bandi fit hai wesay
’
Wait
a minute, come on, don’t just start judging me. Remember it’s the bride we are
focusing on right now. I know many of you are going to put forward logics,
accusing me of indecency, advising others to be like a true friend and close
your eyes when your friend puts on his brides’ pictures on social websites. But
from inside you all know that this isn’t how it works.
No
one closes his eyes. And why should they??
After
all you guys are putting in so much efforts, by taking and uploading all those
pictures on facebook, it does requires an effort. And yes you want people to
see your Bride, isn’t it?. You want them to comment and like your bride, to
admire her looks. So that the next day you can come out proudly with your choori chati, in between your friends
with the feeling that you have a pretty wife. And how would they know unless
you public her.
I
want to say here lot more than this, so that the concerned, might get thori si sharam. But I think that for
those who have the slightest element of wisdom will understand, others would
simply judge me back. I truly believe that our religion tells us to be
respectful to our women. Islam tells us to be kind to them and give them
respect. And what do you think, putting their pictures on social websites where
everyone can see, judge them and admire their beauty, is respectful?
Respect
your bride (your women), don’t public them for your own publicity.
