
Not So True an incident. But this is pretty much what would happen, if South Indians decide to come out of the closet . . .
No offence intended !
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The phone rings at the Seshadri household. Five years after the Seshadris sent their son to the US, there isn’t a single phone that has hit them as hard as this one would . . .
Iyengar Boy said, “Mom, I've decided to get married."
The Seshadris were ecstatic to hear these words pop out of their only son’s mouth. But they were also afraid at the same time. And from what they had heard from their neighbours, the US “does things” to perfectly normal people.
Mrs Seshadri asked nervously, “Indian No? “
“Iyengar”
“Thank god ! We will see the girl tomorrow. I will inform all our relatives. Ha ! I will first call your atthai( (Aunt)). .. Her son went to the states and ended with one of those Punjabi or something like that ! But my son, Good boy, saw an Iyengar girl !! I am proud of you “
“Amma((Mother)) . . .”
“What Amma, I have never been so excited in my life. First we have to see the girl. Give me her address . . .”
“I can’t give you the girl’s address...”
“Why not ? is it because they don’t know ? We will convince her... Don’t worry “
“No, it’s because there is no girl . . . “
“ Ennada Solra ?? ((What the F??)) “
“I am involved with an Iyengar, not a girl but a BOY”
“Is this some kind of TV show ? Is some shaniyan ((ass****)) going to come to our house now and tell us that all this was a joke ? He’s going to come now, isn’t it ? “
“ No mom, no one’s going to come. This is real. I want to marry him and him only...”
His father retorted, “This is not Normal, you know that “
“ Appa ((Father)) who are you to say this is not normal ? How do you know this is not normal ? I am going to marry him and him only.” Saying this, he disconnected the phone.
The Seshadris were appalled and did what other parents would do when presented with such a private conversation. They called their entire extended family over to discuss it. Grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts, uncles, their sons and daughters, cousins, all of them extended to express their views on the issue over filter coffee and masala wada.
“What nonsense, Seshadri ?? “ Asked the Grandfather.
“Is that nut serious ? In our community, there are no gays. “
“Amma, Amma, What is gay ? “ interrupted a six year old Acchu, loudly.
“Sssssshu, Aachu, go outside and play with Kichu .. . “ said his Mother embarrassed.
“Kicchu, Gay na bad word da !! ((Gay is a bad word)) “said Aachu running out . . .
“Ssssssh, Aachu. I hope he gets a girlfriend...”
“Comm’on Sarita, He’s just 6 !! “
“The earlier the better and I am certainly not sending him to US”
The Aunt joined in at this moment, “ Not everyone is like that. My son married a Punjabi. But he atleast married a girl . . .”
“You know she has a beard rite ? “
“ Oh Please, Atleast she’s a girl . . .”
“Enough Enough” the grandfather interrupted. “This is not about her daughter-in-law’s beard. This is a serious issue.”
“There are so many fundamental complications, like during marriage, who will be the bride and who will be the groom ? Who will tie the mangal sutra to whom ? The bride is supposed to sit on her father’s lap. So, in this case, will the groom sit on the Mother’s lap ??? “
“Yea, look at the bright side. Seshadri, atleast you wouldn’t have to spend money on the silk sarees. Those Nalli B*******, really screw me up everytime there’s a wedding...”
“And also on that Mehendi thing. Does your son want it ?? “
Laughs .
Periappa((Father’s elder brother)) interferes, “ Does you future son-in-law , er . . . . Cook ?? “
“Don’t call him my son-in-law . . . “
“May be you should call him that. That way, he would get embarrassed and turn into one of us.”
“Nopes, he will elope then. That is not good for our family name.”
Another cousin added , “ I knew he was gay. Right from the day he cried when he was watching Kabhi Kushi Kabhi gum with “
“It’s Gham, not gum “
“Does it matter, all he’s done is given us that, GHAM !”
Periamma ((Father’s elder brother’s wife)) added another technical problem,”How the hell will they have a baby?“
Her son, straight and married to a girl answered, “Amma, adu US ma ...(It’s US, mother). They would have discovered a way to that too . . . “
At this time, Mr Gay-boy’s mother started crying, “ I knew this would happen. When I showed his horoscope to the astrologer living in the Natatmoeutleswaram district of Tamil Nadu, He mentioned that he would get married, but will be as if he is not married. . . .”
Mr Seshadri interrupted, “It’s all because of you. You wanted him to go to states and earn money in dollars. Had he been in a government job, he would not even have heard the gay word . . . “. He then turned to the boy’s other cousin, “ You are also 27, do you also turn into this gay stuff ? “
“You can’t turn into one Uncle . . .”
“shut up you fool. It’s all because of that Stupid Michael Jackson and that britaany .... “
At this time the phone rings. It’s his son again.
“Appa, I wanted to tell something...”
“Son, why do you want to turn gay, just marry some girl . . .”
“Any girl ?? “
“Yes, yes any girl .. .”
“A girl who’s black . . . “
“Yea, a girl would do . . . “
“ who’s divorced three times . . . “
“everyone gets divorced these days. . . a girl . . “
“has three children . . . “
“We all love children . . “
“ who eats non-veg, drinks three mugs of beer a day and will call you by your first name ? “
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Adapted from an email forward - No idea about its source !
Shruti Hassan makes her Debut @ OFFSIDE. Another reason to be straight !







