The Ambitious Bachelorette Party Plan!

The background:
November 2008- Tiny, overdramatic but adorbable girl Mitali meets suave, charming US boy Harsh over pasta. They bond over lots of cheese and conversation.
December 2008- April 2009- Harsh proves to be persistent and manages to sweep the entire Munshi clan off their feet (Ba included).
May 2009- Mitali flies with her family to the US and gets hitched to Harsh. The wedding date is set for 3 January 2010.

As the parents kickstarted the wedding preparations, Mitali’s younger sister and my partner in crime Mansi and me started with blueprints forthe bachelorette party.
The party had to be kick ass as the game of one-upmanship had already begun with the ‘ladke waale’. Post the release of ‘Hangover’ , the groom to be revealed his trump card and his grand plans of hosting his bachelor party in Las Vegas…GRRR!!
Tempted as we were to attend Harsh’s party instead, we solemnly decided to try to get as close in awesomeness to his Vegas bash. The venue was a no-brainer really. Which is the one place in India that could be as great as Vegas with the sun, sand, booze and gambling………..GO GOA!! We hatched a brilliant three day plan much to Harsh’s dismay. I guess he must have really cursed our plans with absolute vengeance because what followed was plain tragic..

The dates were frozen- 9th to 11th October. Personalised naughty t-shirts were made for each hen. Bookings were made at beach side hotels. We even managed to get hold of a shady person who could apparently arrange for decent strippers…. (still not quite sure about the connotation of decent here)

Cut down to the week of the much- awaited bachelorette weekend in Goa- the heavens opened up and lashed out in complete fury all across coastal areas in India. Upon channel surfing, I chanced upon the news of how tourists were stranded in Goa, beaches cordoned off, roads blocked and what not. Of course, this was not precedented and had not been witnessed in Goa in years. I immediately relayed the news to the bride to be who was devastated and ready to perform a ‘havan in her bikini’ (quote unquote) to appease the sun gods of Goa.

To answer the question in your minds- the above method did not work and we were left to watch the rain gods work it. Like small kids who refuse to part with their bicycle after just mastering how to ride one, Mansi and me refused to give up on our Goa plan. We decided to wait a while for the calm after the storm and post pone our trip.

However, what followed can only be explained as a global conspiracy to restrain us from Goa.
1) On 8TH October- news broke out of a serial killer patrolling the roads of North Goa and preying upon unsuspecting tourists- especially female. (pleasant isnt it)
2) Soon after- the Goa Express derails (did I forget to mention we were planning to go by train)
3) Very soon after- Minor bomb blasts reported in Margao.
4) Oh yeah and it kept raining through all this.

Now was this a sign or what! Groom to be snickered through all this and the resonance of his guffaws were felt all the way back in Pune.
And this was the reason for the sudden demise of the Goa Bachelorette Party.

But what was more tragic was the devastation and post-incident trauma it put the bride to be through (I told you she was over dramatic)
One heads up for everyone- if you think a pregnant woman has varied mood swings, try a bride to be who’s leaving her nest in Pune and moving to Washington.

Anyway, Mansi and me decided to make it up to Mitali by trying to plan a party in Pune and that’s what makes the premise of my next post.
Coming Shortly……..