What’s a wedding without a ‘boot drinker’?

The success or failure of a function can always be measured by how many people attend.

However, this theory doesn’t apply to Indian functions as well.

The success or failure of an Indian function all depends on how much food is left over.

With Indian functions, there’s always going to be people attending, but how many stay for lunch or supper, all depends on what’s to eat. Serve vegetable breyani at your event and you’re guaranteed to lose out on some people.

While many will be afraid to admit it, meat plays a big role in whether people stay to eat or not.
A certain Indian political party (not mentioning names but they have a tiger in their logo) have even joked that if they received more votes, they would serve mutton breyani at their future gatherings).

When it comes to weddings, the theory of people attending differs a bit. It all depends on how good the soji is (an Indian sweet desert). Many will endure the few hours before the wedding actually starts, the wedding itself and even the long process of wishing the couple themselves, just to get to the soji.

Some have even been known to purposefully go late so that supper time is quicker.
While food plays a big role on whether people attend, the same can’t be said about beverages.

The main reason being is that even if there isn’t alcohol available at a function, someone will find a way to make sure alcohol is available. They won’t bring it straight to the venue either.

It’s always done slyly, hidden in a nearby boot, where all the drinkers can be seen congregating. Looking for a quick fix to get you through a boring function?

Just follow the sounds and smell from the oasis of alcohol and you shall be rewarded.
And providing that you’re in good books with the supplier, you don’t have to pay for the beverages as well.

So the next time you’re planning a function, remember that menu is key. If you don’t want a lot of people to stay, just don’t serve meat.

They’ll find some reason why they can’t stay for supper. Generally it’s the age old excuse, ‘we ate before we came.’

Yet as soon as they leave, they’re rushing to the nearest KFC.