A political wedding

Its 3:15 in the morning and I'm just back from a wedding. I wasn't willing to go but Dad had some special reason to take me.

What made this wedding unforgettable was that some very close relatives weren't suppose to talk to each other, some very close relatives weren't supposed to even look at each other. Some people tried to talk to some people to make others jealous. Some people tried to be prominent and different to make others envious. Some people tried to play the futile role of arbitrator. Some people carried an air of indifference around them and some others were totally ignorant. These people will meet again on another common wedding or a common funeral. That was the height of selfishness. I just sat there, half enjoying, half appalled. It was the most political and the most depressing wedding ever!

And yet we are proud of our family values and we blame the West for ignoring the family ties!