I pondered for days on what to talk
I thought it in sleep thought it while walk
Counting the vicissitudes that I have gone by
But some memoirs of life that never die
A series of happenings with some spice
Here I am today to break the ice
So here I go with my journey. I was born in Madurai and since my dad is a central government employee we kept moving. Every place was a sojourn for our family-mom dad and only younger brother, so much that I had to finish schooling from 8 schools!! In this nomadic life though I had a tough time coping up with the new atmosphere and new set of friends I got to learn5-7 languages. And another unique flavor I could taste was I could play a different character in each place. In one school I would try to be the wiz kid whereas in the next I would be the most notorious one in the class. But my hair remained to be my identity. I was called “satpura ke ghane jungle” to budhiya ke baal” to “steel wool” and what not. The guys who used to sit behind me sometimes used it to throw pencil scrap or even used it as a pen stand and I would not even know. Initially I had a complex about my hair but later I enjoyed being a laughing stock and the centre of attention. I did my engineering from the beautiful city Ahmedabad. Life goes on till late night. There are these roadside dhabas opening at 8 in night whereas in Chennai people start closing at that time. The yummy yummy pav bhajis, khakhras and theplas I would never forget. In fact wish to revisit the place and savor all that again. After my engineering I pursued my M Tech from Delhi. Time flew and I was in Chennai into this job. Before I could start breathing the air of freedom my parents broached the topic of marriage. “Gal, Do you have someone in your mind?” And I had to say it with a tinge of embarrassment that “No Dad you ought to find someone for me!!”. There are two things when you don’t have a boy friend. Either you didn’t like anyone or nobody liked you. And I didn’t come across anyone interesting. I found there is nothing different to know in them. Universally there are just three things that every guy knew, studied and understood, those were women, sports and bikes. And why no guy liked me? I was a very cocky kind of gal. I didn’t fall in to the typical definition of a girl defined by guys. I was a she-male –the she version of a male .So finally I got my profile posted in bharatmatrimony.com, shaadi.com all the dot coms available in the market looking for brides. I get requests and a many were simply hilarious. One gentleman had written “ I want a girl like a mother” How am I supposed to interpret : Does he want a gal who treats him like a son , or does he want a gal whose nature is like his mother? Or does he actually want to marry a mother!! And there was another gentleman who goes like “I want a girl like Jyotika in the movie Jillunu oru kaadal” But one clichéd word I found in every guys requirement was “beautiful”. All I was looking for was wit, money and love and was ready to marry anyone who had a balanced mix of these three. I gave interviews and took interviews, rejected and faced rejections and finally met the man of my life. Friends I am 3 month old wife here talking to you. And marriage is not as simple I used to think. I got to be the Anjappar chef for my mother in law , adept daughter in law for my father in law ,a shoppers stop for my sister in law and a lucky charm for my husband !!
Here I am today to break the ice
So here I go with my journey. I was born in Madurai and since my dad is a central government employee we kept moving. Every place was a sojourn for our family-mom dad and only younger brother, so much that I had to finish schooling from 8 schools!! In this nomadic life though I had a tough time coping up with the new atmosphere and new set of friends I got to learn5-7 languages. And another unique flavor I could taste was I could play a different character in each place. In one school I would try to be the wiz kid whereas in the next I would be the most notorious one in the class. But my hair remained to be my identity. I was called “satpura ke ghane jungle” to budhiya ke baal” to “steel wool” and what not. The guys who used to sit behind me sometimes used it to throw pencil scrap or even used it as a pen stand and I would not even know. Initially I had a complex about my hair but later I enjoyed being a laughing stock and the centre of attention. I did my engineering from the beautiful city Ahmedabad. Life goes on till late night. There are these roadside dhabas opening at 8 in night whereas in Chennai people start closing at that time. The yummy yummy pav bhajis, khakhras and theplas I would never forget. In fact wish to revisit the place and savor all that again. After my engineering I pursued my M Tech from Delhi. Time flew and I was in Chennai into this job. Before I could start breathing the air of freedom my parents broached the topic of marriage. “Gal, Do you have someone in your mind?” And I had to say it with a tinge of embarrassment that “No Dad you ought to find someone for me!!”. There are two things when you don’t have a boy friend. Either you didn’t like anyone or nobody liked you. And I didn’t come across anyone interesting. I found there is nothing different to know in them. Universally there are just three things that every guy knew, studied and understood, those were women, sports and bikes. And why no guy liked me? I was a very cocky kind of gal. I didn’t fall in to the typical definition of a girl defined by guys. I was a she-male –the she version of a male .So finally I got my profile posted in bharatmatrimony.com, shaadi.com all the dot coms available in the market looking for brides. I get requests and a many were simply hilarious. One gentleman had written “ I want a girl like a mother” How am I supposed to interpret : Does he want a gal who treats him like a son , or does he want a gal whose nature is like his mother? Or does he actually want to marry a mother!! And there was another gentleman who goes like “I want a girl like Jyotika in the movie Jillunu oru kaadal” But one clichéd word I found in every guys requirement was “beautiful”. All I was looking for was wit, money and love and was ready to marry anyone who had a balanced mix of these three. I gave interviews and took interviews, rejected and faced rejections and finally met the man of my life. Friends I am 3 month old wife here talking to you. And marriage is not as simple I used to think. I got to be the Anjappar chef for my mother in law , adept daughter in law for my father in law ,a shoppers stop for my sister in law and a lucky charm for my husband !!
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