Givie is one of those friends who has been still in touch after leaving Siemens. A nice and cool guy to hang out. Givie (Malayali) and I met first in a medical check-up while joining Siemens, Worli and it was the same day when we met Amit Bhandarwar (Maharashtrian). So since day one in Siemens, we have been a closely knit guys from training to lunch breaks to rest rooms all together. Then joined Nagaraj (tamilan, Naag as Givie calls), senior to us by 3 days.
Anyways, someday I will gather time to write about working in Siemens in a post called may be ‘Days In Siemens’, even though I spent more time in evening shifts that day.
Coming back to this post, it is Givie’s wedding today (was previous day, its early morning as I write this) with Suparna (Bengali). Yes, its a Love marriage, I assume to be 3 years affair. 
I and Amit called couple of friends and three of us including Neelesh Pednekar (yes, only three as many its been 4 years since we left Siemens, except Givie, whom I consider a corner stone n Siemens functioning) decided to meet. I and Amit planned to meet in Sion at 8.00PM and get a gift from an Antique & Art store (Tushar Gallery, at the Sion hospital end of Dharavi’s 90 Feet road). We met just as planned, but dropped the plan to get the gift from Dharavi, but to get it from Chembur were we had to reach. By the way, the marriage was arranged at Nataraj Avenues, near R.K. Studio.
As we reached Chembur to get the gift from an Archies, we got a call from Neelesh that No need to carry a gift as mentioned in the invitation, so we headed towards Nataraj Avenues. There we met Neelesh just outside the venue. There we bought a Bouquet to present to the bride and went in. A beautiful arranged
venue. There we met Nitesh and Biju, both with their wives. By the way, Nitesh’s daughter is very cute. We also happend to meet Chetan Pawar, who had come all the way from Dahisar on his bike.
As usual, we saw a long queue of guests waiting for each turn to wish the couples and as usual turned to the Food. Bengali delicacies arranged across the place and yes, we started with the main course, then proceed to some chinese, then to some chaat (of course there was plenty of time to just relax and mingle with the guests and we enjoyed the ambience).
It is time for marriage procession, at around 12.00 midnight we met Givie in his Bengali attire, struggling to manage the dhoti and was holding one end of it all the time (you can see what I’m talking about on the picture), then a Bengali gentleman came forward and tied the dhoti well and Givie was relieved.
(Amit, Myself, Givie, Chetan, Neelesh)
Then we met Givie’s parents and some of his friends and spent some last moments with Givie as a bachelor, before he went to pujari and started the mantras and what not. It was around 1.00AM and time for four of us to leave the scene and we spent some time chit-chatting just outside the venue, before leaving. I accompanied Amit to Ghatkpopar to his room and we spent some time near the roadside and talked about the past in general. It was 1.30AM and I decided to head back home where Nisheed was still awake.
It feels to me that it was more than a marriage for us, it was a get together, that’s what one will feel after reading this post, and that's what social functions are for though.
Yes, my camera missed the gorgeous bride, Suparna. Givie could you send over some pics?
Once again, wishing Givie and Suparna Happy Married Life!
More Pictures
Givie and his Bengali Dhoti!
Amit sitting along me over a mid-night chat
Chetan Pawar smiling for the cam
Givie on his way to Married Life!
