Great Indian wedding cards

Wedding cards are a big deal today, almost a trailer to the amazing wedding to come. They are a status symbol and just like the clothes or shoes we wear, they say a lot about who we are.

Most people go with the usual thick paper and bling combination, with generations of their deities or ancestors crowding the names of the couple to be wed, while others go for designer cards. The fancy quotient in these cards is directly proportional to the price they are ready to pay. The paper gets richer with more folds, colours and textures as the zeroes in the budget increase.

Now that we have grossed the extremes of how the cards look, lets actually read them. The literature in these cards is far removed from any romance or poetry. They are barely representative of the warmth and love with which two individuals and their families come together. They are cordial invites, followed by technical jargon only the people at the card shop seem to understand. The words are sometimes more difficult to understand than those on a legal notice.

What we manage to get is that we have to be at a certain place at a certain hour. Not to forget the most important of the details squeezed into the bottom of the card – the time at which dinner or lunch is served. This is usually the only detail that I cull out from the confused list of fonts and colours on a card.

Now that I have said all of this, I wonder what my wedding card would look like. To tell you the truth I would love it to be a post it on a friend’s door – to be read when they come back home, while they fish for their keys. But that is mostly just me.

What would actually help these invitation cards is if the schedule and the details are limited to a box, so that people like me can zero in on them and make a note. The rest of the card space can be used up by the couple to invite their guests in their own two little sentences, printed in a large elegant script.

Do not fill your cards with the names of all your ancestors, nobody knows them nor will they remember them and most importantly they will not read them. It is very hard to get your words published and here is an opportunity to make everybody you know read them.
But hey, its your wedding so go all out – get your favourite colour, the creamiest paper and a lush font. Make it your style statement, give those at the card shop a hard time! Most importantly make those words matter, because maybe a lot of the people you invite might not be there to see you tie the knot or exchange rings. Let them know that you are happy and that they should be happy for you. Show them through your card a trailer of a happily
ever after to come.

PS: Let them know when the food will be served!