“If you’re
born poor, it’s not your mistake. But if you die poor, it’s your mistake"
– Bill Gates.
This saying
of Mr. Gates always haunted me. I know few facts about me, which are difficult
to modify. “I know I am Poor, I know my parents cannot afford a grand wedding
for me, I know I am raised well not to find bad shortcuts to make quick money.”
“I also know that I am extremely CREATIVE.”
Before
reaching conclusion, let me draw my understanding of marriage. We all know
marriage in our lives is a one-time thing (* excluding few immature, valid
reasons). Marriage for me is an event which is part of my life and not a life
in itself. By marriage, I mean as a celebration as I invite new lives in my
life and get invited by others in their lives.
In the view
of national interest I insisted myself to get married simple and invite
everyone over a single lunch or dinner. Strong
oppositions came from everyone in and around the family. Fact again, is I am
weak to fight them. But, to cut down my
parent’s burden, I convinced everyone with my creativeness. Though opposition
was constant, I had to execute the idea for my own reasons.
Alone I was
sipping my chai at the office pantry and was a little blue thinking about my
current situation. I am the only earner in my family and I have thousand things
to pay at the month end which haunts me from month beginning. My parents were
worried as their little girl was growing older and not getting settled with a
companion. They were also worried about people talking ill about me as I was
unmarried.
Suddenly my
eyes struck into a hording outside which said “Artistic-I Performance hall
Sponsors for your Artistic performances, all enthusiasts can register.”
Artistic- I is a new performance hall which is open down town and it was
inviting performers for whom they provided hall for free as its promotion
activity. I slipped into my creative basket and thought “Marriage =
Performance, Me and others involved are the performers”. Why can’t I get my
marriage sponsored??
This bug hit
me so hard that I could not stop thinking about it day in and out. Finally, the
day came where I was all set with the ingredients of marriage such as Groom
(main ingredient) his family and mine.
My parents accepted for all the preparations that had to be done for a
marriage. Here I enter the war field and say “I have an Idea and I want you
folks to accept it. This should be easy for you to accept as I have already
spoken to the groom’s side and they are okay with it. I throw a bomb and it’s
named as “My Sponsored Wedding”.” My
parents were cool enough as my in-laws gave a green signal to my idea.
I short-listed necessities for the marriage and searched for a potential sponsor
who is new in the market.
- Marriage Hall- Mangal Mantap, is a new
convention centre which is placed in a remote place of the city. The hall is
very good but did not get exposed due to location constraint. I spoke to the
owner and convinced him to Sponsor one wedding of mine which can lead to many and
I guaranteed of advertising it. So, Place for my marriage- Check
- Decoration- Fragrance, is a new
decorator in the city and fortunately my very close friend. She accepted to
sponsor all the decorations (such as flowers, pendals etc) as she was eager to
jump into the market with easy advertising. So, Decoration for my marriage-
Check
- Event Coordination- WE, an event
management company were looking for a potential wedding to kick start their
business. For my good fate I bumped into these people and shot my idea to them.
They were okay to sponsor my Makeup, organise a performance in sangeet ceremony
and coordinate all the important marriage events. So, Event Coordination for my
marriage- Check
- Jewellery, Clothing- All Mart, is a
new store in the market which has everything necessary for marriage such as
clothing, jewellery, groceries etc. I spoke to the chairperson of the store and
managed for the sponsorship of the above said with the assurance of easy and
effective advertisement.So, wardrobe
for my marriage- Check
- Food- People might forget all the
events in a marriage but food is the one thing which is always remembered.
Swad, is a caterer who is new in town and I convinced him to put his first
effort in my marriage. It’s generally believed that food should be served in a
wedding to all for which we are blessed. So, I accepted to share this part
where in I paid the expenses of the labourers. So, food for my marriage- Check
This covers almost all important things required for a good marriage.
Hello, where did I forget Photography..?? Okay, this was not sponsored, but all
my friends gifted me the photography for the wedding. I don’t know whether to
treat this as a sponsorship. (Inputs are welcome.)
And this is how “My Sponsored Wedding” concludes with a grand success. My
creative head came to my rescue and bought joy to me and people around.
It’s now time to thank all the sponsors: and a big banner outside awaits
which says-
“I Thank, ‘Mangal Mantap’ for their beautiful wedding space, ‘Fragrance’
for their extraordinary decorations, ‘WE’ for their splendid and energetic
event coordination, ‘All Mart’ for their marvellous and exquisite collections
in clothing, Jewellery etc. ‘Swad’ for their delicious food.
Without you guys I would have never seen this day.”
PS: The story and all the ideas above are imaginary; people are welcome
to use this idea if found helpful.
I Thank my cousin Navya, for sharing the same thought as mine in this
idea.
I came across a blog where much greater live ideas were expressed. Have a look and enjoy. Nice thought by “blog.nikhil.co.in”
