MARRIAGE BY DEFAULT
Love marriage, inter caste marriage, arrange marriage,
marriage by running away from folks are few kinds of marriage listed in the
literature. But there is one more addition to the list, that is marriage by
default, where there is no love, no inter - caste issues, no prior
arrangements, no dramatic issues, nothing of that kind at all. It just happened
without any prior warning. It just happens.
THE SCHOOL DAYS
For this story we have to back in time in nineties in
a co-head government school where the protagonist of the story studied. They were
in ninth standard at that time.
The boy was just like road side Romeo hitting every girl
in his class. He was the leader of the gang and very proud of his athletic, six
feet tall lithe and the diamond stud he wear in his right ear, actually if his
words are to be believed he said that he started this cool fashion for boys
wearing studs in one ear.
He was not good in studies, just average and spent
his time roaming in the streets with his gang. He was a type who shunted girl
friends every month. His making girl friend funda was to just get his
assignment done and to keep his nose high among his peers who worshiped him as
the demi-god.
The girl on other hand was very descent and rustic
type with not even the faintest ideas of trend and fashion. Small stature,
white complexion and healthy size, she wearied the school uniform’s skirt waggling
down the knees contrary to the style of exposing maximum legs, very common at
that time by the girls of the school. Oiled her hairs and made two platelets
tied at the end with the blue ribbon {color of the school uniform}. Though she
was also average in her studies but still she confined herself in the class
room till the bell didn’t ring.
Her day started going to the school, standing in the
front row of the school assembly, earnestly singing the national anthem, when
her peers were busy discussing the latest bollywood flicks and latest trends of
society among themselves. After the assembly she confined herself to her
allotted seat and dug her eyes in the books and ears were assigned hearing what
teacher words of wisdom, irrespective of the fact whether or not what she sees
and hears she could understand thoroughly. In the recess she had lunch with her
friends still confining herself to her seat or maximum outing was using the toilet
facilities of the school and after the recess she went back to her prior
activity of seeing and listening.
So these are the protagonist of my story and their
life before it clashed with each other. They were poles apart and none in the
school ever thought that the stud of the school would end up marrying the
bhenji of the school.
THE
TRAITS AND PHRENOLOGY
STUDDY
BOY
Wits – broad forehead and broad chin
Thespian qualities – big eyes, nose pointing
downwards
Leadership qualities – long convex nose, broad nasal
bridge, muscle filling in tip of the nose
Self will – muscle filling at the root of the nose
Self esteem – good length of upper lip
Constructive qualities – well formed alae nasi
{nostrils}
Lack of modesty – shorter distance between tip of the
nose and center of upper lip
Friendly – well formed cheek bone
Amativeness {conjugal love feelings} – moist and full
center of upper lip
BHANJI
GIRL
Sluggish – round face
Lack of ideas – small eyes
Credenciveness {easy come in talks of people} – sparse growth
of hair in the eyebrows, protruding ears, high raise eyebrows dividing the
forehead equally in two parts
Lack of self will – narrow distance between the eyes
Self esteem – good length of upper lip
Friendly – well formed upper cheeks
Hospitality – ell formed lower cheeks
Economical – dewlap {muscle hanging} under the chin
giving an appearance of double chin
JAB WE MET
All the teachers of the school were very annoyed from
the mischievous of the boy. The study boy danced on their nerves and none among
the staff of the school was efficient enough, not even the principal to bridle
his lavish ways of destruction.
It was only when the boy reached the tenth standard that
he came across the teacher who matched his wits and strength, who was successful
in taming him and his gang and change the course of his life.
Their English teacher was their class teacher and on the
first day of the session she made her terms loud and clear to the class and the
one who defy would suffer till eternity. And there is no prize in guessing
who the first convict of the session.
The teacher knew the history of the studdy boy and
gave it a thorough thought deciding his punishment. She knew the convectional
punishment won’t serve any purpose, on contrary will add credits to his
reputation among his peers.
Her verdict came astonishing the whole class, petrifying
his friends and breeze of joy to his rivals and ex – girl friends, but most lethally
affected were the boy and the bhanji girl. They both couldn’t believe their
ears and for fifteen their mouth remained open.
The teacher made the studdy boy shadow the bhanji
girl for 24 x 7 for next three months and in case he refuse or avoid her or
became absent, the chastisement will extend to more six months or further on. It
could go on indefinitely, as he still has two years to leave the school.
Three months was a huge time. Both stared each other
for a while and didn’t speak a word. They have never ever talked before and the
first day they sat together the awkward silence persisted.
THREE MONTHS LATER.....
Miracles do happen and they sometimes happen when we
least expect them to happen and they ultimately lead to total change of course
of life.
The unexpected happen. The studded boy started to
ground himself, stayed much in the class, did his assignments and became less
noticed by the teacher about his waywardness. The girl on the other hand was
named as BTM, meaning bhanji turned mod. She got confidence to speak up her
point in front of people and began to ask question in the class about things
she didn’t understood, even her skirt started settle above the knees now. Most important
she shed off lots of fat and it turned out that under that adipose she was a
very beautiful woman.
The unexpected happen; the studded boy became best
pal with the bhenji girl. The three months passed with just a blink of eye and
the both decided to sit together from thereafter. The teacher on other side was
cherishing herself acclaimed success over bridling the outrageous boy to
descent and civilized pupil of her class. She did what no – one ever thought of
doing. She became famous in her peers and the unofficial counselor dealing
with teacher student troubles.
Things were smooth for a while, but when after three
months the girl and the boy were still sitting together, teacher began to smell
a rat there. How can the boy like him, after completing the tenure of his retribution
still insist on sitting with the girl which matches him in no sense at all and
on other hand the genetically rustic girl is suddenly showing the colors of
rainbow. She started to spy on the boy and the girl.
To her utter surprise they eat together, roam
together and laughed a lot. All the signs and symptoms were pointing towards a
love affair. Oh god, she thought, what have she done, she bereft the school
from a roguish boy and the rustic bhenji and replaced it with the nineties Romeo
and Juliet. She went into self criticizing mode. How couldn’t she see it coming?
She tried hard to separate them, but nothing seemed to be working and this
increased her frustration and lamentation and agonize her soul with fire of
redemption.
When the things became out of control and she couldn’t
take it anymore, she thought to atone her sins.
ATONEMENT
The teacher took the address of the girl from the
school records and personally went to meet her parents and told them that their
sweet and good girl is crossing a limit and is dating a guy from the school. The
parents were shocked, the girl was called and she was asked in front of the
teacher. Hearing what the elders have to say, at first she became shocked but
still after couple of minutes was able to answer with her newly found
confidence.
The girl's folks called the meeting with the boy's folks in the presence of teacher and
the girl and the boy. They both kept saying only one thing, but the elders didn’t
listen to them and finally it was decided as soon as they both complete their
graduation the will be married to each other. It was the final verdict.
The teacher was satisfied with her atonement procedure and the
parents were happy to seal the match preventing any embarrassment in the
future.
No one listened to the boy and the girl who kept
saying they were just best pals and nothing else. None of them harbored any amorous feeling for each other, but when the verdict was finally laid they didn’t
even have any objections and with the blessing of both families’ elders they
started officially dating. They were the couple by default.
EPILOGUE
They got married after completing their graduation. The
boy opened jewellery shop and is doing good in his business. The girl is a perfect house
maker. They are blessed with three kids, two daughters and one son. And they
living happily there after.
MORAL
The ways of god are extraordinary,
Be happy and don’t worry.
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