Chapter 57

It turned out to be a beautiful day, she had spent the whole day with her brother and Kathy and now it was time for them to get to Chari’s home to help them with the wedding preparations. Kathy was looking forward to the wedding. She felt it would be good opportunity to get to know everyone better. Kathy was asking a lot of questions and neither she nor her brother was able to answer those. They had a tough time that traditions change from family to family, state to state and caste to caste. Kathy was quiet puzzled how different things are and wanted to be very much involved in all the rituals. The day before the wedding had an engagement ceremony and a few rituals.

By the time they arrived there was not much crowd. Chari had invited almost all the forks from work and maybe even some from his previous job, the friends he had retained over the years. His daughter was definitely looking pretty, with the entire make up and ornaments that she was adorned with. Kathy was looking pretty in an Indian sari that she had worn with the help of Chari’s wife’s sister. Kathy had a simple makeup and dresses her hair with jasmine flowers and was looking more Indian and Shyam couldn’t take his eyes of her. Kathy’s transformation had forced her to change into more traditional outfit and she was in a room dressing up with the help of a friend.

She picked out a simple plain Mysore silk saree in brick red. It was simple but elegant, a perfect fit for her style. She wore a simple long chain without any pendant, it was simple but intricate and dazzled against her brick red saree. She wore a bracelet on her right and a watch with a golden rim on her left, red flower ruby earrings, with a simple drop that looked like a red leaf. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and added a red rose hair clip to hold it in place. She never liked wearing flowers and today was no exception and she went on with her makeup. She was done in a flash and was ready to join her brother and Kathy.