Your Presents Will Be Appreciated!
By
Gyan
C. A. Fernando
Illustrated
by N. Senthilkumaran
There is many a slip….
There is many a slip….
There
is no doubt that life in Sri Lanka revolves around Births, Weddings and
Funerals. The main box office puller out of the three however, is weddings.
I
think I have already expressed my cynical views about weddings, elsewhere, but
I think I did forget to tell you about wedding invitations, or “invites” to use
the Sri Lankan colloquial, which of course is the misuse of a verb as a noun.
What
with so many nephews and nieces of marriageable age lurking around, I am now an
expert on how to draft wedding invitations. My favourite niece Samanmalee
(“Sam” 35+, loud-mouthed, still single) has provided us enough entertainment
over the years by getting engaged many more times than I can care to remember!
If
there is an impending wedding in our extended families, there always are, and
invitations are to be drafted or proofread, my services are generally called for.
That is as long as I solemnly promise not to introduce craziness into the
invitations, ‘till death do us part. (there is more!)
