20/06/2012.
Its more than one year
since our marriage is over. When we started writing our story, there was only
one condition- chapters will be written alternatively. i.e., If I write the first, next will by him.Till 4 chapters it was written like that and it was
my turn to write the next. But then I got busy with our marriage preparation and
I couldn’t write.
Few days back I really
wanted to resume our story but only today I got time for it. There is no power in
office and we cannot work. So, writing this from my office..
So where were we? I mean our story..Yes! He was writing
about our SMS relation.
We continued that. Almost everything under the sky was
transformed into text. Thousands and thousands of SMS were coming and going
from my mobile. From morning to mid night it continued. He tried to call me few
times. But I cancelled the call with a message saying “Not now..”. We were not
sure where this relation was taking us to. But we continued our chatting.
Everything was going smooth. But situation started to
change, when my mom’s astrologer told that my marriage should happen before May
2010.Partner search was at its peak and in January Edition’s Malayogam, my
profile was published. My parents had time only to attend the incoming
telephone calls. I was sure my marriage would happen soon and I was sharing all
these things with him too.
One day when Niyaz called, in between our casual talks, he
asked me to marry Sreekant. I was surprised because he didn’t know that we
continued our relation after Bangalore
trip. He talked like his Brand ambassador and it went on like this, “He will be
a perfect guy for you.I know him from my childhood. We used to play cricket
together. Till plus 2, I was his junior.He is a very good guy. He writes poem
and all. He will be a good match for you. He is not a boring guy. He will be
able to understand you..etc..etc.. ”. Finally I told him that, if we are to
marry each other, we will marry.
Our SMS relation continued. There were no serious matters
discussed. We shared the simple things happening in our life. Each SMS brought
a smile on my face.
And one day, reading an SMS, my heart started beating twice
its normal speed or it stopped for sometime. I don’t know what happened. But I
was shocked. He asked me to hold my partner search and a proposal was wrapped
in it.
I was not sure what to reply. Confused. But I wanted to give
a try. And then we decided, we will talk for some more time and if we feel that
this is not infatuation and if we feel that we are made for each other, we will
marry. Otherwise we will continue to be friends. Taking that decision was easy
but implementing it was not so.
Time! Time was one thing which came to the scene as a
villain. We need time for all this but I was sure my parents would not give me
more time. With all the courage, one day I told my mom that I want some more
time. I told her all the things happening and also told her that it was not
sure whether we will marry each other. But we would like to try.
Now our confusion was transferred to her. This was totally a
new concept for her. She tried to convince me saying that it is Western culture
and we cannot do like that. But she couldn’t force me because she knew very
well that I would not fall in love very easily. And she knew that if I am
saying like that, then there would be some sense that. Finally, I was able to
convince her. Of course she was a bit worried for her daughter, but she didn’t
tell anything against my wish. May be she knew that her daughter would have a
perfect life with him.
So we continued our chat. SMS was slowly replaced by phone
calls. We shared all the secrets in our life. And a new relation was born out
of respect, trust, mutual understanding and Love. Each day used to start and
end with only one name and that was his. Each and every second, there was only
one person in my mind and that was him.
And thus, I celebrated my First Valentines day in my 24th
age. Love was in the air. I was enjoying each and every moment. It was the
beautiful time in my life. He proved to be a happy chance in my life. I got
through the interview for which I went to Chennai and became a Direct Recruit
Officer in a Public sector company.
I went to Pune for Induction Programme. In the beginning of
March, it was time for me to choose the place I want for On the Job training. There
was no confusion. As he told, I chose Chennai.
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to
achieve it”
I felt it when I got the place I opted, because most of the
people didn’t get their preferred places. Girls were crying and boys were
showing their anger. I was one among very few who got the opted place. And I
reached Chennai for the second time.
This time everything was different. Chennai saw our love. Weekends
were full of travel busy exploring Chennai. Almost daily we met. Had fun.Enjoyed
the max.
During that time many new things happened in my life. He
taught me Bike riding in his Bajaj Discover. I was proud when people looked at
me when I rode the Bike. I was proud of our relationship.
We had long drives exploring places, adventurous trips,
Birthday surprises, my first Pub experience, train journeys and lot many
things. Being together for 3 months, we discovered many things about each
other. And most important among them was, we realized that we had similar
tastes in many things. I mean almost all the things.
Of all the boys I have seen in my life he was very special.
He accepted me with all my craziness (or all my kootharas). Wherever
we went, I just did whatever I wanted to do. I didn’t have to think too much,
whether he will feel bad or he will be angry, before doing something. There
were no fights or low moods any of the time. There were no emotional out bursts
or misunderstandings. When we were together,
it was full of energy. We felt that we were 100% compatible.
-Asha Jayanthi
-Asha Jayanthi
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