Always Aditya

Declaration:
I hereby declare that the below topic is purely and wholly the idea of my dearest friend Chandana Madishetty. I have whatsoever no hand in getting the idea of writing the topic. The content is mine but the credit for the idea should go to Chandana even if you feel that I am the right contender. I am a good friend after all. To all those readers who do not know my friend, she is a Chartered Accountant. She is beautiful, caring, sensitive to others feelings…..hmmm I think I should consider myself a good lier from now on. Kidding. By the way Chandana has been my friend of 7 years. She is very outgoing girl, out spoken and out standing. Too many ‘outs’ I suppose. She is an easy going girl with no airs even though she is very beautiful ;). Like many other typical girls , she just loves shopping. But mind you, never irritate her too much. She might just get pissed off(own experience dudes) and blah blah blah blah……

Shifting to the topic in question, gifting has never been an easy task for me. I always found it to be a very hard to select a gift. To buy even a small gift, the interest of the receiver should be kept in mind. Also apart from the interest, the utility of the gift, age of the receiver, importance of the event and the nature of occasion being celebrated has to be kept in mind. I could never come to terms with this process. Believe me, I am not a gifted gifter of gifts. Never could I gift any gift which went according to the occasion as far as I am concerned. I think there should be a consultancy firm which should help people in selecting a gift. Or how about introducing something like “Selection Of Gifts” course in schools? At least the future generation won’t face this problem.

Last week one of our best friend got married to our other best friend. Well he tied the knot quite early in his life. Hope he finds this phase happy and smooth. Coming back to gifting, We all found it so much trouble in selecting a gift. There was no consensus between any two people. I had no say as such in this selection. I would not have been of great help in this issue either. Only after having a high profile meeting of our Gang we could finally come to a conclusion. From all this I could actually got to know that I am not the lone sufferer of the “Difficulty in Gift Selecting Syndrome”.

The shops that sell these gifts add more confusion I think. They showcase so many gifts that it adds to the already present confusion. With so many gifts arranged nicely the confusion starts changing from what gift to give to which gift to give . The first thing to be done when giving a gift is deciding which gift is to be gifted. Then better search for that gift.

These are the few gifting ideas I could think which are very truly stupid. Like gifting a condom on a marriage day, giving a clothes bag on a birthday without anything in it indicating a birthday suit, recommending a good divorce lawyer to a couple celebrating their 50 years anniversary, making a couple adopt a dog instead of having another child to stop the increase in the population, giving a newly joined employee a demotion certificate stating some reason etc. I always thought these ideas may be stupid but they are worth listening to and admiring my creativity (blushing).

Many times I am told that it is not the gift but the affection of the giver is to be seen. Very correct. But this holds well when we are giving and not when we are receiving. When gifts and money are received during a marriage or a birthday, the whole family sits down and write down the name of the gift giver and the amount of gift given. By chance if any thing apart fro money is given then it would automatically be measured in terms of money. It is made sure that nothing more than that amount will be given to that guy in future as gift. The scene itself will be so hilarious to see with all the family members sitting and giving their comments on each gift received.

Gifting a gift does not really mean just selecting the gift but it includes the gift wrapping and attaching your name and flowers (if you want) to it. Last time we were giving gift to our friends, we almost forgot to wrap it. Luckily at night we could find one shop which gift wrapped it in a very beautiful way. The way the gift is given is also so much hilarious in many ways. Many people just think giving a gift as an obligation and the moment they come across the host they give away the gift indicating that they have shifted the burden from their heads. It looks as though they came all the way just to give the gift. My dear friends it is not about giving gifts but making the people remember you through the gift.

Gifting a thing is an art in itself and those who have mastered it then let me tell you that there is a guy over here who is in dire need of some lessons in gifting. Fees are no barriers. If you are a girl then I don’t mind coming to your house coz I do not want you to drive and get tired .

P.S. Everything said in the declaration is meant only for entertainment purpose only and there was no pun intended.