The Big Fat Lie Of My Big Fat Indian Wedding

My wedding and marriage, like any Indian girl's wedding and marriage, were constant topics of discussion. At 10, I'd get giddy and excited at every mention of it; at 15, I'd blush. By the time I was 20, I had taken to yawning. It wasn't that I was no longer excited about the idea of finding a life partner. I had simply realized by then that everything an Indian girl is promised about her wedding and consequent marriage is a big fat lie.

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