Mind Salad

Love after an Arranged Marriage…..!! (PART 2) I saw him just once and I couldn’t decide if this was the guy I had to live my entire life with. Really?? My mind was blank. I was already 56 years in the eyes of my neighbors. They even spread rumors like ” Her parents have been searching for a groom since past 5 years.” I was like…..what?? That is when I dint even finish my 12th standard. Typical neighbors. Marrying of their daughters from 10th standard and getting restless if any girl exceeding that age is still single. I was 22. Too much for them. All said. The guy was cool, Mba graduate from the UK and what more own business in UAE…!! I got married. I smiled in my wedding pictures just because I wanted it to turn out good in the album. But deep inside myself I found someone chaining me deep down to the ground cutting of my feathers. The pain of realization that I wasn’t a single sank deep in me. Slowly. The first 2 months of my life then was a night mare. I had t...

Love after an Arranged Marriage…..!!!! ( Part 1) In love marriage….you find your soul mate, give him all your love and then get married. It’s a rabbit in action. In arranged marriage your family finds the soul mate, you only “see” him, try hard to believe that he is the one, get married and slowly…..very slowly start giving him all your love. It’s a tortoise in action. It was hard for me to get back into writing after a long gap. (Thanks to some Indian authors whose books inspired me to write again.) My engineering life and my work life had all set me on for some unknown journey I had begun with no special purpose. But as far as an Aries woman is considered, finding fun and adventure is what turns me on. I enjoyed every step I took. I learned from the few great mistakes I made. I made everyone happy if they were around me. I left no hint to trace once I left. Life was an amazing travel guide for me. The more I traveled…the more likely was for me to take shelter. ...