Ten Things, Mr. Biswas, the Wedding Planner Do to Organize a Wedding Even Though He Has Never Been Married Himself

By Marzia Rahman

 * Venue Consultation

-if the party is rich and the budget high, 5-star hotel is a better choice. Mr. Biswas knows the manager of the big hotel; he gets discount which he doesn’t discloses to the clients. if the budget is low, Mr. Biswas goes for small community centers. 

*  Vendor Recommendation

-Mr. Biswas always chooses either Mr. Fakruddin or Karim Miah, they cook the best biriyani in the town. However, if the budget is low, he picks up some nameless cook from some nameless neighborhood.

*  Planning meetings

-to bring all parties together in a particular place at a particular time is a daunting task. Parents come early and wait indefinitely for the bride and groom who always come late and always start fighting right after their arrival.   

* Decoration:

-the richer the party is, the bigger the hassle; the bride wants everything picture perfect, a Karan Johar movie set; the groom sits silently to avoid a scene. While the parents look like mourners attending a funeral.   

* Flowers

-for some unexplainable reason, the brides and their mothers always go for flowers which are rare, extremely costly and of course, out of season.

* Food and Drink

-the bride wants both local and continental food; the groom is on board, but he really doesn’t care; he thinks only about his bachelor’s party. The bride’s father wants everything cheap, the mother worries about money but she also wants to impress her extended family and friends.

* Music

-everyone has a different taste in music, and it makes matters unnecessarily complicated, however, in the end, the bride and groom’s choice reign.       

* Photographer

-Mr. Biswas always hires professional photographers; the match may or may not be perfect, but the pictures must be. 

* Manage unruly guests

-a drunken uncle blabbering family secrets, a dejected lover spilling half-truth secrets—there will always be a nuisance or two, but Mr. Biswas knows how to handle them.  

* Manage the entry and exit 

-the entry should be well-decorated, well-lighted. Mr. Biswas’s attention is focused on entry point, but it’s the exit he eagerly waits for. 

Marzia Rahman is a Bangladeshi fiction writer and translator. Her writings have appeared in several print and online journals. Her novella-in-flash If Dreams had wings and Houses were built on clouds was longlisted in the Bath Novella in Flash Award Competition in 2022. She is currently working on a novella.