back to square 1..!

Ah well from advertisng to banking (god save banking!)

from mumbai to chennai (thats eeks to myself!!)

from independence to lurve zone ( ah well - havent found anyone yet (whats new!) - just staying with parents!!)

from late nights at work to back home 6 in the evening

Ohmigawd that just gotta give me something to do - back to blogging folks!!

U know the next greatest woman blogger (god knows who was the first - I have never been first at anything so dont wanna claim that!) restarted here!!!

the episode for the day is my hunt for the right tam bram boy - which has suddenly been snatched and metamorphised into my parents hunt for a right tam-bram-iyer-vadama-god knows what else horoscope shortlisting a.k.a superhunting.

in all the resultant high humour cum drama i am just relegated being a hapless audience - trifle better than a helpless victim!!

it has got all elements of the great witch hunt - considering the fate of the groom to be - it also has the super sophistication of modern day swayamwar...

But the amount of learnings (management jargon - cant be helped) I have picked up in this long and seemingly endless pursuit is amazing!

for one - dont ever be sleepy when ur parents start discussing the groom - before you can blink you would find urself visited by some unknown aunty , uncle & a parade, wanting to know whether you can sing (yeah - I can sing lets make a night - will that do?!) the visit will be followed by my dad saying 'remember the other day I told you about them" - when appa? "oh when you were brushing your teeth and complaining that the water tap is flowing so fast..!"

look out no:2 - Beware of descriptions - the same guy who was described as extremely sophisticated cool guy by your wellwishing(?!) family will be seen in a photograph with proper vibhoothi in forehead & dhoti with a garden in the studio background...("ah who said vibhoothi is not cool? thats the latest in thing in US u know" - my dad)

Be very careful of sentimental attacks - that boy looks exactly like the cousin of my friend neeraj's brother's brother in law's third son who used to carry potful of water everyday for your old grand mother - how can u refuse him? - "huh"!

Be very careful about candid references to your age - "When I was like you I used to be sending your brother to school and managing you at home"...Ammaaaa - I am not THAT old!! "oh big deal you are only 5 years younger to how old I was then.."

Be quite updated on TV soaps and old movies that ur parents are getting exposed to - I was very impressed by a groom who was described as ' he looks exactly like khan the actor '- Only to realise when the photograph came that they meant khazan khan a TV villain!

Enquire clearly about his educational qualifications - I was impressed by a guy who was described as a topper in his MCA - only to know later that he is an MCA from alankapuram aandal college of engineering ($#$^!)

I can just go on - but then my mom has started talking about some other nice boy - need to keep my ears open u c!!

So in spite of all the glitches and my dream that I will find the right man myself - the comedy show continues....!