Date of the marriage is decided and both Groom and Bride side started their plannings. Within a day whole village got the news and started expecting to see a grand wedding in the village. Of course, antic.i.p.ation will be there because the groom"s side has tons of money.The family members of the Patel family are also very happy as everything can be finished in one visit. Even Grandpa is very excited and they decide to rent a hotel in the city and decide to bring the marriage procession from there to the village.
Grandfather of Akash decided to invite guests via email and phone and this responsibility was given to his sister Ira and cousin Akshay.
The hotel has about thirty rooms and many of his grandfather"s acquaintances and his father"s friends are going to arrive. Few other friendly business families decided to come as well. About fifty people are supposed to come from the invitees which included friends and their families and business partners. Some officials of Singrauli district are also invited.
Akash calls his few friends and they make fun and also irritate him. Finally one of his friend Kripa who is in Delhi is able to come. other two friends could not come due to short notice but they promised to visit him in Pune.
The best orchestra and band party of the region is booked to play during marriage procession. His mother, aunt, and grandma started the plans to buy jewelry, clothes and other gifts for the bride, bride"s family and guests being invited from their side.
Everyone is extra excited. His cousins and sister are excited by their given responsibilities and being attentive toward all the arrangement so that they can get the appreciation of their grandpa and grandma. Many additional helps have been hired to organize and carry things.
Kripa has also come before five days from marriage and he will stay with Akash and leave only after marriage. Akash just rested in the hotel or wandered to different places of Singrauli district with his friend Kripa as he felt all these preparations depressing. His grandfather understood his feeling, so he did not try to involve him.
Preparations for marriage has started on the rapid pace by both sides, the groom"s family and bride"s family.
Bride"s family has also started their preparations in the village. The field in the front of the house has been cleared and a big pavilion is created to provide the lodging and sleeping arrangement for groom"s side. Best caterers are invited for the making of food and sweets for the marriage ceremony. Relatives of Verma family, people from the village and nearby villages are invited.
Shopping lists were made and the brothers of Varsha personally went to Singrauli city along with the whole family and completed their shopping of dresses, jewelry, and gifts for guests. Her mother and grandma, aunt and sisters-in-law have already made jewelry for their darling in advance to give when she marries.
Wheat, rice and other grains are available at home only and vegetables will be enough from their own two acres vegetable garden. They also have their own dairy farm which has more than twenty cows and employs five workers which will take care of other needs like b.u.t.ter and sweet making.
Many relatives of Ramlal Verma started coming from one week before itself. Men were situated properly in the outer courtyard and women in the inner courtyard. Every day new guests are arriving and the environment is very lively.
Varsha looks happy as she also did not know marriage will happen so fast. She will run here and there and take care of the needs of guest ladies. Many of distant brothers and sisters have come and together they are taking care of many responsibilities and preparations like paintings, decorations etc.
Varsha is happy and she can not hide it even if she tries because she ha yearned for her marriage to him for ten years. Many women will tease her how to keep her husband happy after marriage and there are many embarra.s.sing moments where she has to run away and hide from those shameless ladies.
She felt anxious thinking about the indifference of Akash but knowing that he does not have anyone else and how much he cares about his family, she did not feel too much concerned. She hoped everything will be good as long as she loves and cares for him wholeheartedly.
Just four days left for the marriage. Varsha is sitting in the garden and thinking about him. She murmured "I will also be his family soon. I will represent him and will follow him like his shadow. I am sure he will also care for me the same as he does for everyone in his family." She smiled thinking of him.