Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The art of attaining Age

After a long break am starting off with an unorthodox topic!!!!

i have often been amused by the fact that when a girl attains age ppl here in india esp: south india celebrate it like a big occasion.I thought that the scene in the film kadhal was exaggerated.but on enquiring with some of my friends i realised that after all ,events of such magnitude do exist.just imagine the Poor girl writhes in pain and here her relatives celebrate the ocassion.its just another process in the human biological cycle and we celebrate it with such pomp and festivity.Boyz have always been barred from those functions..when i was a kid i cud not take part in the fn: and i felt really bad coz i missed out the good food.but now i realise why i wasn't invited.i would have asked the female member right in her face in front of all relatives what was the big fuss all about and what it means by attaining age?? But one advantage is on those few initial days the girls are treated like godesses and they always adorn new clothes and jewels.Now why is this event so special?? I seriously cannot imagine. Why dont we have special functions for the kid using the Potty for the first time, the kid scolding the primary teacher,kid able to walk,kid getting caught watching porn magazines and so on.

with this function the girls have disadvantages as well as advantages.Why not a function on the same lines as this for guyz. we all know that we are still living in a neo conservative world wherein you cannot watch FTV or films like american pie with your parents. By having an occasion signalling the arrival of manhood we guyz cud benefit tremendously.though we have to face the initial ignominy of saying..Yeah..its true it happened..i am a man now.. the advantages are huge.

But the main prom is how do you know when you come of age?? thats a very difficult question to answer.After few discussions came up with few ways by which your parent will know that " their darling Kid is now a Man".I would say these following ways by which parents can find out whether their SOn is a Man now.But since kids nowadays start their activities by age 12 the following conditions would be applicable for men of age > 14.

1) Getting caught watching porn on internet
2) Finding books like debonair,PB,PH diaries in your school bag.
3) A Plain CD lying in the middle rack of the books having the words MP3 written on it.
4) Your TV remote's swap button stops working after every month and you are forced to buy a new one every month.
5) Your kid pesters you to allow him to stay up late on satday nights and the most important thing is that you are able to sleep peacefully and you cannot even hear the faintest sound from the TV which leaves u wondering what he is watching.
6) The frequency of night stays in friends place increases
7) Invariably as soon as parents go out and come before the stipulated time there will a horde of 14-20 year olds with chips ,snacks carrom-boards and chess boards. the most important thing is all the children will be watching the most boring TV soap as soon as you enter.All the coins will be on the board but all of them will be in a haphazard manner.Not even a single coin would be pocketed.the chess board will have all the pieces intact. not even a single pawn would have been eliminated.
8) Your kid suddenly start reading TOI tabloid with renewed vigour and interest.


many more are there.. but these are teh few which we cud come up with.

Just imagining how the parents will organise such a function for the guyz. what will they say to the guests.

How does this sound?

Friend : Dude,Congrats how did yourson attain age at such an young age..
father :(Proudly and with a beaming smile) after all,he my son,naa..

So when are we going to go to the next genX??when is this function going to start??

What are the advantages as such??

well...there are innumerous advantages but that cannot be blurted out...guyz can obviously figure it out..;-)

2 comments:

Rajesh said...

i think this topic needs a big conversation.....I got surprised when i read on your blog that this kind of festivals is being celebrated in the South India. I really cannot realize even a single advantage of this kind of festival. For what use this is there?? How the girl will be feeling at that time?? What she will be answering to her younger brother if he will ask why you are wearing new dresses and for what purpose this festival is celebrating. Will the girl be feeling comfortable at that time with all the friends and relatives.
Don't know....
I think some girl only answer this better...

Chiju said...

hmmm.. such topics have always been difficult to discuss in India.. Here, boys and girls are not categorized as human beings.. :)
However, whatever, whenever, whomever u ask or tell.. this situation will prevail, at least for the next 100 years approx.. :)