Ladies and gentlemen, have your phones ready, the bride and groom will be entering here
in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome our bridal party.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
The bride and groom will be entering here in the next two minutes.
May I have your attention please, for the bride, groom and the bride's sake.
Let me introduce myself, even though it's not about me.
My name is Rajesh Chaubey and my father and Nilesh's grandfather were brothers.
The dashing Dharmendra is my first cousin and the elegant and glamorous Anita is my sister-in-law.
And now, one thing I'm loath to say, the word I hate to use is cousin, because no such word exists in our language.
We're brothers and that's the way we think of ourselves. Nilesh is our child too.
Secondly, I would like to thank our gracious hosts on Mandi and Milan night and the hospitality they lavished on us.
It was fabulous. It's heart-wrenching that Natasha's father was not there.
But you know, the road of life is never straight, it takes you through curves and everywhere.
The food was fantastic, the milkshake was exceptional, but the whiskey was even better.
There's a saying as Fiji people have in Hindi, it says,
Ek baar kadua peele sabse meetha hoi translated it means once we taste the bitter stuff, that nectar is the best of all.
And you mix it with hospitality. That was a glorious evening. Thank you very much.
I would like to thank Nilesh and Natasha for giving me this opportunity to speak here.
Whenever a child reaches a milestone, whether it be a 16th birthday, 21st birthday, a graduation or a wedding, or a wedding,
a parent's thought always goes back to the day they were born, the day this journey began.
I remember vividly that day. It was a sunny bright day on May 20th, 1980, when Nilesh was born, he was about 11 pounds heavy.
My daughter, Suriya, was born a week later. And Nilesh, this is a true story.
And a couple of years later, they were playing chase in my house when I was babysitting Nilesh.
Suriya turned around and bit him right on his cheeks. Poor Nilesh, he didn't utter a sound.
He didn't say a word. He just stood in a corner and sobbed silently, tears streaming down his eyes.
I'll never forget that. That's Nilesh. Oh, I got Suriya for that.
And that little vampire has never beaten anybody since then, as far as I know.
Anyway, Nilesh, Natasha, you can bite him on his face. He'll just sob, but he'll be okay.
This is one snapshot of his life that comes to mind.
And I'm sure that Natasha's parents have a lot of stories of Natasha to tell.
Which brings us today when we witnessed a beautiful ceremony at Queen Elizabeth Park.
That whole mic lady, she said one thing, which didn't sit too well with me.
She said, there's so many jewels in the crown of Queen Elizabeth.
They're so priceless that an army has to guard it.
Well, we know where those jewels came from, but anyway, that's another story.
We'll leave it to history. We'll leave that to history.
But more importantly, more importantly,
today we have added another priceless jewel into the crown of the Chobe family.
That is Natasha.
That which will never have to guard.
That which is so priceless that nobody can steal it or attempt to steal it.
This is our oath to you, her parents.
And as you saw that ceremony unfold, like every other ceremony, it was a civil ceremony,
but even religious ceremonies, the one in Islam which involves Nika,
the Christian wedding ceremony, the Hindu one,
when you strip away all the religious rites and ceremonies, it is basically a contract.
And that is a contract where you pledge yourselves to each other.
Being a Hindu, I'll say, and unless you are one too,
being a Hindu, I'll say this, when a bride and groom gets married,
there are seven vows they take, but one is of special interest to me.
That one, one of the vows is that the bride tells the groom,
before you make any major purchases, will you always make sure that you consult me?
And the groom is ordered to say yes, and this was written 4,000 years ago.
This is one of the vows.
Back then, 4,000 years ago, a major purchase could have been a camel, an elephant,
or even a slave girl, who knows.
But Nilesh, before you buy that Lamborghini, or even a modern slave girl,
you have to consult with her, and she must give you consent.
Everything in life is in the form of agreements and contracts.
There is one very simple and elegant gazelle, which I like.
It says,
when I was not yet sold,
when I was not yet sold, I was not much in demand.
Which means, when you bought me, you made me priceless.
When you two bought into each other, you have priced yourself out of the reach of anybody else.
You only belong to each other, and more means priceless.
And in a simple verse, I think it conveys a lot of messages.
As you go older, this day too will become a snapshot of your life.
My wife works in a hospital.
Every day she sees old, infirm couples walking, hand in hand.
They take such tender care of each other.
She gets emotional, you know, and they are for each other.
They will study that took place when they ask long-lived couples, old couples.
What keeps you together?
And besides the wrinkles and crinkles and the infirmities of old age,
they always say, we only see each other as we saw each other a long time ago,
as children, as my bride or as my groom.
At this point, Walter Savage Lando, a great poet,
he was born in 1775, he wrote, 20 years hence, my eyes may grow.
If not quite so dim yet rather so, still yours from others, they shall know, 20 years hence.
In old age, darkness begins to appear.
This is a way of looking at people without any pretensions and peering right into the soul.
So Nilesh, don't wait till you're too old, Natasha, to look at each other that way.
Anyway, a few more words and I'll be done.
For those of us who believe in reincarnation, the act of pledging ourselves to each other
takes even a deeper and longer lasting conviction because we have to pledge each other,
pledge ourselves to each other for this lifetime and the next and the next and the next.
I've been married 32 years and I've pledged myself to a wife for all the lifetimes to come.
However, Nilesh, listening, I've been watching the Summer Olympics
and I watched this Brazilian women's volleyball team
and I must ask my wife for the next lifetime, could you please take a rain check?
Just this once.
But Nilesh, you have no such right to ask that of her.
Do not watch women's beach volleyball.
In short, do as I say and not as I do.
Bless you all. Thank you.
Thank you very much, Rajesh Kaka. Beautiful and elegant as always.
At this moment in the evening tonight, we're just going to start the dinner
and so buffet will start. Please enjoy this beautiful arena we have to celebrate this moment.
Look around, look up. I don't know if you all looked up, but it's beautiful.
I'm going to make you feel so good tonight.
I'm going to give you a ride baby.
Can't promise tomorrow, but I promise tonight.
Excuse me, excuse me.
I might drink a little more than I should tonight.
And I might take you home with me if I could tonight.
Because maybe I'm gonna make you feel so good tonight.
Tonight, I will not love you tonight.
Give me everything tonight.
For all we know, we might not get tomorrow.
Let's do it tonight.
Oh, okay.
Nothing is enough tonight.
Let's do it tonight.
I want you tonight. I want you tonight.
Grab some body sexy, tell them, hey.
Give me everything tonight.
I'll reach for the stars, and if you don't grab them, at least you'll fall on top of the world.
Think about it, because if you slip, I'm gonna fall on top of your girl.
What I'm involved with is deeper than the Masons.
Baby, baby, and it ain't no secret.
My family's from Cuba, but I'm an American.
I don't give money like secrets.
Put it on my life, baby.
I make you feel right, baby.
Keep promise tomorrow, but I promise tonight, darling.
Excuse me, excuse me.
And I might drink a little more than I should tonight.
And I might take you home with me if I could tonight.
And maybe I'm gonna make you feel so good tonight.
Because we might not get tomorrow.
Tonight, I will know about you tonight.
Give me everything tonight.
For all we thought, we might not get tomorrow.
Let's do it tonight.
When they say, oh, you can't do it.
Nothing is enough to do.
Let's do it tonight.
I want you tonight.
I want you tonight.
I want you tonight.
Grab somebody sexy, tell them hey.
Give me everything tonight.
Give me everything tonight.
Give me everything tonight.
Give me everything tonight.
And I might drink a little more than I should tonight.
And I might take you home with me if I could tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to please welcome Yasmina.
I want you tonight.
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