The Great Indian Tamasha - Adventures of a Wedding Planner by Rasika Bhatia

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The Great Indian Tamasha by Rasika Bhatia is an in-depth and interesting book on her lived experiences as a wedding planner, not fiction. As she puts it candidly, "Being a wedding planner can prepare you for anything in life."

So it appears, as every chapter springs a surprise, which, while amusing in retrospect, must have quickened the heartbeats of those involved in the preparation of the event.

The author's sense of humour comes in often as she describes her experiences which often differ greatly from her expectations. One bride wanted to step down from the moon, a drunk groom went absconding, another groom found himself carried away by runaway white horses, and a tiny diamond merchant from Surat made use of the wedding presentation to copy it for his daughter's wedding.

Rasika Bhatia reveals the myriad lessons her experiences have taught her over the years. In the chapter titled 'Money Can't Buy You Love,' she says wryly,

"Love cannot fill one's stomach, but one can't stay in a loveless marriage either." In 'Trouble in the Garden of Eden', she discovered a 'werewolf' mother, who turned into a designer who thrust her ideas on to the planning team. Her name being Tweety, she was dubbed 'The Terrible Tweets'!

The author also amusingly describes the drunk French groom who climbed the parapet wall in true Sholay style. She came across bullying hotel employees, political heavyweights and a Tenali Raman lookalike, another hotel employee who had his own ace to grind and a 'Guns and Roses' wedding where weapons were brandished and a tardy caterer manhandled.

The life of a wedding planner can be truly tumultuous, especially when mothers turn into Mrs. Voldemort, invoking terror. As the author puts it, "I still wake up sometimes with her voice, more like a hyena's call, ringing in my ears."

This book, written amusingly, speaks yet of the immense pressures that a wedding planner goes through, but finally when the couple tie the knot in happiness, all seems right with the world. Till the next wedding tamasha, that is!

Name of the book: The Great Indian Tamasha: Adventures of a Wedding Planner

Publisher: Om Books International

Buying Link: https://www.amazon.in/Great-Indian-Tamasha-Adventures-Wedding-ebook/dp/B0C4T53526


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