Name: Preeti
Dear All,
This is ' machine cut' Preeti again (that is how some of my colleagues call me). My m-i-l has advised me to grow hair over the next four years to whatever length it grows. She and Ramya also would do the same and sometime in late 2013 (by then Ramya would be in +2)she wants herself and me to do ' Venidaan' in Prayag and get full tonsure after that. In this ritual, the husband himself cuts off the braid and the lady would offer it to Triveni Sangam with due rituals. And it is highly auspicious to shave off the head fully after Venidaan. All, including unmarried girls are advised by scriputres to get shaved there. So, all of us including Ramya, would get fully shaved there. Of course, Ramya would get fully shaved in Tirupati in July that year and shaved again in Prayag later.
She also wants our July Tirupati trip to become an annual ritual. So this July all would again shave (including herself, me and Ramya) and next three years only an inch would be snipped from whatever length we would have. And she is very enthusiastic about this plan of hers.
After much thought I have agreed. So, sometime this July all of us would be bald again in Tirupati. Hence I have only three more months (April, May, June) to undergo clipper cut. Now, of course, my clipper cut appearance has become quite usual and accepted.
I have also convinced Ramya to grow hair after July ' gundu' . In April first week she wants a full ' machine' gundu in the barber shop and I have conceded her request. She will have two crew cuts in May and June.
My m-i-l has assured me that I could keep my clipper cut regulary forever with occasional gundu after that Venidaan. And I hope to do so.