How do you like this?

Life has so many ups and downs. People think that they have control over everything that is happening in their lives. But seriously it is not true.

There is this family which is very religious. So, religious that they don’t want any marriage alliance with some of the girls who are having some ‘bad’ stars.

Actually it is not the girl’s fault to be born under a particular star sign. Seriously it is destiny.

But look at some of the stars.

Moola – A girl born under this star cannot marry into any boy whose father is alive!

Ashlesha –  The girl with this star sign has to be married to a home where mother in law is not alive! (Good one in a way since in many houses mother in law and daughter in law do not see eye to eye and it ends up in splitting of the home)

Vishaakha – This girl has to marry the last son of a house

Jyeshtha – The eldest son of a house can marry this girl.

Funnily these rules are not there for boys! They are free to marry any girl of any star sign. But there are other things. Those things…… later. But first things first!

We had a neighbour whose daughter was a moola star girl. She was about 22 when an alliance came through a broker (or a middleman – I think this word is better! Broker gives very ‘odd’ meaning J). The call came from the house of the boy to meet. So the girl’s family went there and knocked the door.

Who opens the door - the boy’s father! The girl’s people were sure that the alliance would never take place. They did not utter a single word about the alliance. They came back home.

The girl was in a job. Her parents tried for her marriage for almost 6 years. But no avail!

Then came another alliance. They invited the boy’s family to their home this time.  To their utter shock and dismay, it was the same family to which they had gone 6 years ago!!

The boy’s father was actually a very broadminded person. Had they discussed with him this matter 6 years ago, the marriage would have taken place then itself. But this is what is destiny. She is happily married now to the same boy. Her father in law lived for quite a long time before he passed away.

The other case is my friend’s.  An old woman was living with her granddaughter.  The girl was of Moola star. The grandmother had requested my friend’s mother to suggest any boy who does not have father.  My friend’s mother had promised to search for a boy.

In the meanwhile my friend had seen the girl and fallen in love with her.  When he  came to know that the girl is of Moola star, he was sure that his mother would never accept this girl as her daughter in law since his father was alive and kicking!

He did the next best thing…. He went to a jyothish and ‘changed’ her ‘kundli’. The mother accepted the Kundli (obviously since many many characters were matching with her son’s kundli!) and suggested him to bring the girl home.

Came along with the girl, her grandmother.

My friend’s mother blew her top. What her son is thinking of? Does want to ‘kill’ his father by marrying a Moola star girl?

But my friend had already decided to go ahead and marry the girl. His relatives did not come to the marriage. Only, we, his friends were there from his side.

The mother did not come to his house again. His father died after two years. But still she has not pardoned her daughter in law (I really don’t know what her mistake is).

Even after 28 years of marriage, it is status quo.

These are just two samples.

Really worth looking into it deeply and try to adjust to the new trends.