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How GenX celebrates Teej in 2007
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Contrary to popular belief GenX is not ready to give up their traditions yet. Instead they've decided to adapt them a bit... ok, maybe a lot!
August is round the corner. And while preparations for the grand festival of Teej have already begun in the towns and villages of Rajasthan and Bihar, in the cities across North India, the celebrations will be of a different kind.
For most working women, it's time to say goodbye to the traditional fasting and feasting, and yet make Teej 2007 memorable. ''The extended, three-day celebrations are simply too much to pack in a routine that involves careful juggling of the responsibilities of work and home,'' says Shweta Podar, who works as an operations manager at a BPO in Gurgaon. Even so, she cannot bear to skip the festival altogether. ''There are too many childhood memories associated with it,'' she says. Shweta and her husband have decided to celebrate Teej by watching a movie at a multiplex and later going for a romantic dinner. ''Thankfully, I have a day shift and am free in the evening,'' she says.
For Bhawana Ruia too, the celebrations will be restricted to the evening. She and her friends have planned a kitty party at a nearby restaurant. "And no, I will not wear a bright red or green heavy silk sari, which a lot of women traditionally wear on Teej," laughs Bhawana. She plans to make an appearance in a turquoise halter-neck suit.
And while she has included the conventional lac bangles among the accessories, she will be skipping the mehndi and instead opt for a turquoise and silver henna-look transfer tattoo to be worn as an armlet. Her friend, Anjali Piramal, has already bought a crystal tattoo designed as a butterfly. She plans to wear on her shoulder.
The important thing to remember is that Teej is the celebration of marital bliss, be it the modern way or with traditional fanfare, says Garima Rungta, who works at a Delhi-based advertising agency. Last year, when she got married, her in-laws called a mehndi-wala and a bangle-seller and also distributed bindis. She herself was decked up in jewels made of flowers - right from the tikka, earrings, necklace and kamarband, to the payal. "I even wore a dupatta made of jasmine flowers strung with roses," she says.
But this year, she and her husband have called some friends over for a cosy dinner. "If we're up to it, we might even go to a disc," says Garima. Like many other young women, she plans to buy a Teej present for her husband - a mobile phone set or a designer watch. That's another exception to the rule. Traditionally, it's men who buy gifts for their wives. "I know that my husband too is planning a surprise gift for me," says Garima.
Ruhi Singhania sums up the spirit of Teej: "The idea is to spend some special moments together and make it a memorable occasion."
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