The Daughter-In-Law

The Daughter-In-Law

written by: vinitasingh03



As she looked in the mirror, fixed her hair, and dressed in her beautiful yellow sari, with green embroidery. She gazed at herself putting lipstick and fixing her hair. As she twirled some hair in front of her face and clipped the other part in the back, She taught there was something missing. A bindi was missing on her forhead. She put a matching yellow bindi on.
As she heard the singing outside, The guests were arriving for the singing ceremony of the wedding.
Her sister-in-law walked in and told her you have to go to the other room. All the guests have arrived. They are all eager to see you. The daughter-in-law quickly put on her ring and bracelet. She was told by her sister-in-law that she didn't have to touch their feet. She then walked into the small room, with blankets on the floor, and saw her-mother-in-law sitting there. She was told by her mother-in-law that she must touch everyones feet. As she walked in She then touched everyones feet. She sat next to one of the ladies, and listened to everyone singing and clapping. She joined them. Than as all the older ladies stared and gazed at her, they said, The daughter-in-law, she doesn't understand the songs that we are singing, She doesn't understand hindi. The mother-in-law replied back in hindi and told the ladies no she does, she understands everything. The daughter-in-law listened carefully enjoyed the singing, put her sari on top of her head and covered herself like all the other ladies. Than she said wait, and she went in the other room and got a video camera. She than came back in the room and said in hindi to all the ladies, keep singing, I want to tape the singing ceremony, and she focused the video camera on the ladies. The older ladies all stopped the singing and started fixing their sari, covering their heads properly. The daughter-in-law than gave the camera to her sister-in-law to tape. She than joined the singing. After some time, the daughter-in-law was asked to dance, she listened quietly in amusement. Than the ladies asked what do you wear in America, you don't wear sari's there, Her mother-in-law replied she wears pants and jeans and dresses, not sarees. It was late, and the daughter-in-law than went to see her brother-in-law, who joked and made her laugh and told her she looked beautiful.
August 1, 2008

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