Mappillai 8 - Bribing your way into the future

There is something exciting in the air in this noisy,

overcrowded and sweat-inducing Chennai registrar’s

office, where my wife-to-be, her best friend Mandira,

and I are trying to inch our way through.

Today’s mission is to make our wedding legal and

binding, obtain a piece of paper that will eventually lead

to my getting a lifelong visa, a process that will t…