lucknow in pictures! :)

There was a lot of discussion (by my standards) about whether we should go to Lucknow for the shaadi. For one all this recession talk has made everyone very wary of taking chhuttis. Plus there was the cost factor. Since there are no direct flights, BLR - LCK, the fares are perennially quite high. We thought there are only as many occasions we can miss because of money and time issue and booked our tickets to Lucknow for Ooi Bua's shaadi (Cubby speak ofcos, lest you think we have someone called ooi!).

Cubby remembers this Bua and her fiance well enough (they had given their "hemmets" to Cubby to play with when they visited us, making them demi-gods!) and we kept telling him we will be going for their shaadi. The excitement was all there, the trip to the airport, sitting in the aeopane and the biggest thing, the chance to meet Daadu! :D

Turned out to be quite a trip eventually. Cubby did do his fair share of whining and being a pain, yet lots of fun was had too! Vedu bhaiyya was there and he would keep an eye out for Cubby and try and play with him, which wasn't responded to by Cubby much to my chagrin! But when they did get along, it was total dhamaal. Everyone thought they were saga bhais, even twins by few myopic aunties! :p

Our camera Jinx in Lucknow continued and we forgot to take the camera on the shaadi day. Thank God for grainy cellphone camera pics! Ooi Bua married a Gujju/Kannada boy and they didn't have to many dancers in their baraat. So we all joined in. Ofcos, we just needed a bahaana to dance and ladke - ladki waale didnt matter.



I might do it in parts, the Lucknow pictures considering there are just so many! Lets see how it goes!

Waiting for his coffee and sandwich at BLR Airport CCD! :)

"Chotta Saamaan" Enjoying the trolley ride at Lucknow airport while we wait for our baggage to appear!

The haldi ceremony on wedding eve!



I quite enjoyed being the "bahu" and jazz and being a part of all the ceremonies! Made me feel all grown up and even more a part of the family! :)

Waiting in line to get the "Mehendi" done!

And just to avoid feeling too old, hung out with kids most of the time. M had won them over completely and these were kids he was meeting for the first time and they weren't l'il babies either! And since he looks "enger" (as an ex colleague had once told me), they all called him bhaiyya and me, by that virtue, "didi"! Yipppeee!

Finally my turn! :) The dude was maha quick!

I just love mehendi! Me thinks this was just about the 2nd time I was getting mehendi done post shaadi. Ofcos, that time I was waited on hand and foot and had the mehendi on for a whole night with nimbu ras and laung sek happening for colour. This time it was off within an hour and hands got wet cleaning potty pretty soon afta that! Hehe! Fun thing was I fed Ooi bua (the bride), her sister M bua and another cousin S Bua simultaneously since they all had mehendi on both hands. They all sat around me and i kept feeding them spoonfuls turn by turn! :D

Cubby in his chikan kurta and dhoti on wedding morning! isn't daadi's choice really good?




Nagaada! Nagaada! Nagaada Baja!

Bhaago! They were a blur like this photo with all the running around that happened!

With so much bhag-daud, dhoti got adjusted often! :p

Moms might be wearing pretty sarees, but still will sit on the floor and feed the baccha while the father is working on the distraction bit! :)

Frog prince, anyone?! :p With so much masti and shaadi ka khaana, neend toh aayegi hi naah?! :)

There are Uggies (Hugs)! :) Thats vedu bhaiyya!

And THEN there are HUGS! :) Chhota netas wearing the left over garlands meant for the baraatis and having total fun!

Thats that then for this post! The recption and daadu's birthday pics in the next one! :)