Monday, February 27, 2012

Jawaan Shaadi - 21 years of madness

I started writing this post precisely 7 months ago and somehow it got left behind and just didnt get posted although I wrote it in much excitement because we had completed 21 years of marriage ... I am getting old I guess!!?

On the celebratory date of our saat janmon ka bandhan as people called in to wish us starting 12 midnight we realised the significance of the number of years we'd done together and couldn't help smiling ki hamaari shaadi akhir kar jawaan ho gayi hai. Yeah ... 21 whole years of togetherness and although most of the double decade seems like a blur there are the fun times that stand out clearly ... we talked of all the crazy times together as we sipped our cuppa morning chai ... and the milestones kept coming back in a natural sequence ... 214 Laxmi Industrial Estate, Lazor-Hegde-GM Singh, VT Lab, the Worli TV Tower Bus-stop, our bike rides and old hindi songs, our sweet nothings into the wee hours of the morning, learning to drive in Hegde' Van on Worli Sea Face, HongKong and Exchange Square, the court marriage, the receptions, Manali, Telerate and Four Seasons, Srishti and the eternal regret of letting it go, Roshni, Raunaq, Alica Nagar and the relief of letting it go, Royal Classic, America and so many smaller things in between ... great years NU and great moments of joy ... love you and hope to grow old with you and only death do us apart...

Raj Kumar Singh - Being Good, Rickshaw Driver, Mumbai

While getting off a rickshaw saddled with a few heavy bags last afternoon, I heard a sound of something dropping and so turned to look ba...