One of the things I hated from the time sinceI started attending these shaadi waadi functions is that in these functions Our most important resource that is time is very much wasted.

I remember in these functions whether it’s Vailma, Shaddi, Mehndi or any other event relating to Shaadi one thing for which people always wait is fooood…. Yes!! I am also in the same league. Besides wishing dulha, dulhan the real main purpose of going to shaadi functions has always been you get to meet your relatives you haven’t seen for a long time. But above all you get to taste good food, the charghey, the bar b.q., biryani. Paratha Kabab, qaurmay and haalway..

From the time I started attending these functions I always favored serving food before 10:30 PM or 11:00 PM at most. After 11:00 the stomach starts questioning us “Man i have done some hectic work today and I am not even getting food on proper time”.  After 11PM, when the guests are not served food yet the gossips start with everyone guessing when will we get the food? We look for clues which indicate when food will be served.  We start watching carefully every action of the waiter like how many waiters are there and we use all our senses to find out what are the dishes that waiters are serving?? How much time will it take to serve and if we find some of our favorite dishes in the menu our mouth starts watering more and more. Often you’ll also hear people saying ke “Khana kab mile ga, bhook se bura haal ho rah hai” and you must also have seen people saying “Jaldi kahna ho to hum jain, kal office bhi jana hai, bachon ko school jana hai, aur inn logo ko koi fikr nhi”. Many people have come in Taxi, Rikshaw and if the event ends around 2AM in the morning he will not be pleased to say alvida to you with kind words will he??

Another important aspect is that after 11PM the time on which food is served is directly proportional to how much we will eat. Like if food is served late we will eat more and vice versa. Isn’t this also a hint on how much we can save food and money? Just an advice for the next event hosts, if you want to save food include in the invitation card the time on which food will start serving like add that “Food will be served in between 10PM-11PM”. This will help people to not rush on the food and people will eat according to their appetite and need. So next time if you have any shaadi waadi in your family try to give this suggestion to your relatives and see what happens.

In the end I want to appreciate the government for taking out this powerful step of wrapping out these shaadi waadi functions before 12. In this manner there is no rush of people on food and most importantly no waste of precious time for all, not counting the savings in energy and electricity as well..