Hello friends,
I want to share an experience I had yesterday. In Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai a Tamil drama titled “Washingtonil Thirumanam” (meaning marriage in Washington) was arranged by Tamil Nadu government free of charge.
This drama was written roughly forty years back and was very well received in those days, I was in my twenties when that drama was staged and I could not see it then but I have heard very good review about this drama,
The story revolves like this:
A Tamil middle class brahmin arranges for the marriage of his daughter with a person working in Central Government in Delhi. (Government job is regards very precious even nowadays). Mrs Rockfeller and Mr. Rockfeller wanted to see a south Indian marriage in person and they agreed to bear the cost of the marriage fully, The families of bride and bridegroom go over to Washington. The fun in the remarks made by brahmin priests, not so literate grand mother etc, are detailed in this drama.
NOW LET ME COME TO THE POINT — I wanted to see this drama. So I reached the marriage hall at 6.00 pm itself for a show to start at 6.30 p.m. The ground floor of auditorium was full. I rushed to the balcony.(upstairs). I got a seat in the front row itself and was feeling very happy and relived. Happiness lasted only for a few minutes. A group of people started bringing plastic chairs and sat before us. This was ok, The crowd increased. a number of people started sitting just before our leg in front of us. I could not move my legs. Still the crowd increased and a number of people started standing in the stairs of the balcony auditorium.
There was continuous provocation for fifteen minutes after the start of the drama and crowd swelled. But a number of people stood and watched the drama and I also tolerated the inconvenience of having to sit (similar to travel in flights to USA/Canada) with tight legs.
I enjoyed the drama for nearly 2 hours and then came out. Outside the hall the streets were all crowded with cars and bikes and it took a lot of time to reach home. All the while I was appreciating the tolerance of people .
I am sure this sort of tolerance is more in India only and it may not be there in western countries. I am not sure. It is because I have not been to any such programs in western countries,
good day,
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Yea i know what you say, and agree with you 100 percent, its true , crowd is too much issue in places like Delhi and mumbai, really good work and thanks for pointing that in this post in humble way
I appreciate your patience and the patience of the crowd who had to come to see something which was a hit in at the time the play was being held. By what you have mentioned the same interest seems to exist in the crowd even today. That it was free of cost was a different issue. Crowd could have moved out if they were feeling uncomfortable but they wanted to see the play and did not mind the difficulty they faced. Their mind it seems was more involved in what was happening in the play. Hope you too enjoyed the show. Yes, people in India put up all these sort of things without making a big fuss about it. Thanks for the share.