Consider this for a fabulous love story.
A bright and smart Boy from Indore belonging to a typical middle class family. As any middle class family would aspire, they wanted him to be an engineer. He gives his engg. entrance exam twice, gets admission into Civil engg in a govt college in Raipur. Meanwhile, consider another girl who in her childhood was in remote Kenya, moves to Delhi due to some unfortunate family situation, and subsequently settles nicely in Delhi. Looks totally unrelated. Isnt it?
Well, as destiny would have it, life took a turn for the boy. His parents did not like the idea of sending their son to remote Raipur. So in a snap decision, they cancel his admission in Raipur and instead have him do his graduation and a course in computers in NIIT. Meanwhile, the girl completes her graduation in Delhi.
Once the boy completes his graduation, he takes a number of post graduation entrance exams, and gets admission into management. Somehow he feels, selling toothpastes and buble gums would never be his forte, so in another well thought decision, he decides not to continue his management degree. At about the same time, he gets admission into a reputed MCA course in Indore !! This is what he wanted and this is what his parents had wanted their son to be, when they got him into a NIIT course. Life was happy and fun ...
The girl and her family, in the meanwhile also aspired her to be in IT and she also gets admission in Indore in the same college !!
And there you go !!!! .. The love story begins, develops and blossoms into a wonderful relationship. Sounds like a perfect bollywood movie with all the masala and turns ... Isnt it?
Friends, the boy and the girl who are part of this riveting story are none other than my elder brother Vinit and my sister-in-law Amita, who I lovingly call as Va.
Theirs has been a fantastic love story. And nothing comes easy, and nothing came easy for them too, but it was their love and mutual respect for each other which saw them through all these testing times and as they stand today , they are celebrating their 9th marriage anniversary. Many many congratulations to them.
In these changing times, when relationships are a rocking boat, and the institution of marriage under serious threat, Vinit and Va come across as a perfect example of how to keep relationships simple and yet so fulfilling and satisfying. And add to that their successful careers and an extremly busy and hectic lifestyle. Having lived with them and observed them over the years, there is no doubt that they go through trials and tribulations on a regular basis, but everytime they come out of it as winners, and so does their relationship.
They fight and fight they HARD. They scream and scream they LOUD. They argue, and argue they STRONGLY. But at the end of the day, the WARMTH of their relationship, RESPECT towards each other and shear LOVE, PASSION and ADMIRATION they exhibit, outwits and outperforms every ROCK which tried to ROCK their boat.
They also are proud parents of two lovely children. Aishu the older one is a darling and is a complete daddy's girl. Manu, the younger one is an absolute delight to be with and is very close to Mommy. With two kids, Vinit & Va's life has got e1 more busy. But again, the way they manage everything in life is really comendable. They adjust their work timings such that the children have to spend minimum time in day care, and at the same time, both the children are involved in so many activities.
The point that I find really wonderful about all this is the quality time they spend with Aishu an dnow with Manu. I guess with kids, what also matters is the quality time and not just the quantity of time. However all this is much easier said than done, and done these people have !!!!
All in all, a really incredible love story in todays time.
Personally, I share a great chemistry with both of them. It is quite natural to expect that with my brother, but I share a fabulous rapport with Va too. She has been a very close friend of mine, whom I confide in almost everything. She has also been a great support and also a wonderful listener. For years, she has listened to all my crap, which I keep repeating :-) Not sure if she is patient with everybody, but somehow I have always found her very patient with me ... I see her also as a style icon. The best place to realise this is their house. Be it Gurgaon or in US, I have always found it very stylish and modern. Something that I always admired about her ...
About my brother, he is a true sagitarius. He is a cleanliness freak. In our bachpan, he was so very particular about how neatly the bed sheet would be put on his bed(a total contrast with me). He is a planner and has a vision about how he wants his life to be. I guess, thats why I call him a trend setter. It is his vision which lets him do things, which are not usual. And then his planning skills make him execute it (ofcourse with Va's full support/inputs/ideas). He believes in keeping life simple, and he actually tries to implement that. The way he gels with Aishu & Manu is mind boggling and just amazing. He has his own views and opinions and an ideology which he belives in strongly (We have had our differences on some of that though). But nothing succeeds like success, and I simply respect what he has achieved in life till now, and wish the best for him.
Here is wishing both of them again on their marriage anniversary. Also hoping to be able to achieve some of what they have achieved and the amount of happiness they have spread in our family with their relationship, which is the most important thing.
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