A different evening

Went for a wedding reception yesterday (one of my friend's sister's wedding). It was the first Kannada wedding (and second south Indian, first being my senior's wedding last year in Trichy, Tamilnadu) I attended. I was supposed to go with another friend but he didn't come. I didn't know anybody else except the bride's brother, my friend - Nandish. So I was not able to decide if I should go alone. Didn't know the place too! But wanted to have a change in my mood so after all decided to go along. Got ready, took an auto, bought a bouquet (didn't know what else to take as a gift!) and reached the place (Nandish had said that it wasn't too far but it turned out to be quite far and I didn't know the area but the auto driver was quite nice and without a fuss he took me to the place). Nandish welcomed me with a grin and asked me to sit somewhere for a while. Well, I couldn't disturb the bride's brother much, so sat by myself watching people around me. After sometime he came back and asked if I was getting bored but I told him it was a good time to reflect on old memories... He asked me if the sorrounding was reminding me of the events two years back. Well, I told him I didn't have a wedding as big as that! Mine was a very small affair... but the events did remind me of a lot of things and I was sitting there reflecting on too many things... After some time saw some fellow IIScians, joined them, had dinner and was back to IISc by 9.30pm...