Blog ki duniya ke doston(excuse me for copying legendary radio presenter Amin Sayaani's "Awaaz ki duniya ke doston", though I am pretty sure it would have passed as my own creative). I hope you guys will be enjoying life wherever you are.This happens to be my 12th post in this blog. After this I can boast of having written a "Dozen"(Darzan in Hindi) posts. I don't know why but the word 'Darzan' always reminds me of the joke cracked by one of the bar girls in "Chandni Bar". The movie I mean :). I can't share that joke here but I will give some clues for those who have watched it and trying hard to remember. It was in response to the question "Are you a virgin(rather Verzan in her accent)?". I hope that was clue enough for you to recollect it otherwise watch the movie again.
Lets get down to business. The word Swayamvar always brings in the memory of one of the numerous bed time stories I was told as a kid. Its none other than the royal love legend of Prithviraj Chauhan and Sanyogita. It goes like this Sanyogita,daughter of Jaichand, a sworn enemy of Prithviraj fell secretly in love with Prithviraj. Prithviraj had heard of Sanyogita's unmatched beauty in a poem and met her in disguise. And the rest is common sense. Her father got wind of this affair and resolved to have her safely wed at an early date. He arranged a Swayamvar, a Hindu ceremony where a maiden selects a husband from a number of suitors who assemble at the invitation of her guardian.Jaichand invited many princes of high rank and heritage, but deliberately failed to invite Prithviraj. To add insult to injury, Jaichand had a statue of Prithviraj made and placed at the door of the venue, thus parodying Prithviraj as a doorman. Prithviraj came to hear of this. He made his plans and confided the same to his lover, Sanyogita.
On the day of the ceremony, Sanyogita emerged from an inner chamber, entered the venue of the Swayamvar, walked straight down the hall past the assembled suitors, bypassing them all. She reached the door and garlanded the statue of Prithviraj. The assemblage were stunned at this brash act, but more was to follow: Prithviraj, who had been hiding behind the statue in the garb of a doorman, emerged, put Sanyogita upon his horse and the two eloped from the scene.
Now coming back to the present where our very own controversy girl Rakhi Sawant who loves to be in limelight is planning her swayamvar on a TV reality show.Rakhi will choose from among 15 grooms on NDTV Imagine's new show "Rakhi Ka Swayamvara" and and will take the help of viewers to decide on her perfect man.The first of its kind show will trace Rakhi's journey from selecting a groom to the marriage ceremony.Over the duration of the show, the prospective grooms will be brought together under one roof and put through a series of challenges that will test their personality, character, physical fitness, talent and also their compatibility with Rakhi.
One has to wait and watch how many applications Rakhi will be getting (I wonder whether Mika will apply for this job or not). There is also this possibility that she has already decided on her 'Prithviraj' and this whole reality show is just to generate some TRP for the channel and publicity for Rakhi. But if she is really hunting for her groom then how justified she is in choosing this method? In my opinion this is not the right way to find one's life partner.
I think Rakhi should have opted for a more foolproof method. One of my friend studying in one of the premiere B-school told me about one such method followed by one of the girls in his college. It goes like this she befriended some five or six guys from the college to whom she was attracted to for one or the other reason. One was a character straight from the Mills & Boon series of novels(tall,dark and handsome). One had a lots of grey cell( Einstien) and so on. She handled them on one-to-one basis with SMSes,calls etc.She kept them all in this illusion that they were her 'Prithviraj' and he will be taking her home whenever the Swayamvar happens. But alas, she had her own designs. She started scrutinizing their horses(if you consider life as a journey then there are many things which can pass as a horse) on which she was supposed to run away with one of the guys. And you know what she garlanded the guy with the best horse.
Moral of this story : It doesn't matter if you are a Prithviraj or not lekin Ghoda toh lambi race ka hona chahiye.
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