If Marriages were made in Heaven,it would start with True Love!

Poets and authors have tried to define love for over centuries now.And we all know what 'Love' is.We fall,we breakup,we laugh,we cry,we get,we give and sometimes even end up getting hurt,we misjudge and make mistakes in love.Its all part of the big game.At one point we complain and then the next very moment we forget.Lets just say we know what love is,all of us have experienced it at some point and sometimes felt happy or sad about knowing it!

But how many have known 'True Love'?

Nowadays we all know love comes with T&C,or conditions applied and blah! blah! strings attached to it.But is it all the same for everyone?

I will give the answer,my way (you need not think alike).No! there are some who still believe in True Love,and is still experiencing it.The type of Love,where it does not fade away,and its unconditional.

Have you ever seen a person having every good thing possible?Can anyone have everything?

No! one cannot own or have everything.So it is in-case of love.We all have love,but its those some who have true love and it is the rarest who have the 'marriages made in heaven' type of marriage where one is destined to be together.

Lets talk about what is 'Marriage made in heaven'.The first thing that comes to mind maybe happy marriage,successful,totally in love and happily ever after ending.Yes! you guessed it,its all of it.But that's not the end,there is more to it.

Now tell me how many of you think,this is only possible in fairy tale stories to have all these lets say ingredients of marriage?

I will tell you,the trend of live-in-relationships and the increasing rate in divorces and extra marital affairs,make us believe so that all good things belong to fairy tale world.I'm not saying I think any different,and its obvious but as I always believe until you turn to the next page you wont know what it has in store for you,it might leave you with the same thought,but there are chances that it might surprise you too,turning the plot all together.

You are the beautiful princess,waiting for your prince,and then you get to marry the prince and live happily ever after.You as well might laugh picturing yourself that way.But these happen,even in the real world.

There are prince and princess in the world,with beautiful heart disguised in form of general,usual people.But not all are prince and princess,and only the prince gets a princess.

Similarly a good person has good things in life,has true love and a marriage that is beautiful as earth and heaven.

Let me tell you about the two people,I have grown up adoring.Yes! they are my parents.

They are married for twenty-five years now,and in those days rarely women were allowed to interact with the men.I'm not saying that nobody did at all,yes some did,but in general there were more arranged marriages than love.

So was their marriage too,it was arranged by my maternal grandparents and my father's cousin,because by then my paternal grandparents were dead.So,not literally though my father had to arrange everything,the budget,venue, decorators,etc.But before everything was fully fixed of what is to be given to the bride,my father asked for dowry.And guess what was it?

He wanted my grandparents to come along with their daughter and live with her.My mother says,it was that very moment,when she had fallen in love with him.

On the marriage day,my grandparents were sent beforehand just before the arrival of the bride.My grandmother welcomed the bride(her daughter) as her daughter-in-law.

My mum says,is this any less than a fairy tale for her!Does fairy tale have to mean anything otherwise?

Since then her parents lived with her and in the 22 years of my life,I have pretty enjoyed their love as their beloved grand daughter.And this year they completed their 25 years of joyous journey,facing ups and down,falling and getting up,loving and caring but together and there is yet more to come.

This happened in the past,a generation back.Now let me tell you about another two people of this generation which will prove,all that I have spoken about till now.

These two people are my friends,the guy here was my classmate and the girl here was a junior but my dorm-mate.

Its a 13 year old love story of Priyanka and Debopam aka Halder.It all began back during school days.And as we all know every love story faces hurdles and the most important is how many pass them.They are the ones who have passed with flying colors! And you might be wondering why did I mention 'flying colors',I did because they are married now,finally!

They have tied the nuptial knot in a traditional Bengali style marriage entailing a series of elaborate rituals,which were equally enjoyable and significant.I,personally being a Bengali myself had carefully observed every rituals finding it a clear blend of tradition,custom and religious beliefs.

The entire family and relatives and friends had gathered in the occasion so that everything culminated into a huge celebration-celebration of a new beginning.

Like our very own grand Durga puja,even a Bengali marriage is a grandeur affair exhibiting affluence,class,culture and elegance and a person is left awestruck and spellbound!

She looked spectacular in the traditional red benarasi sari,adorned in fine jewels,with the mukut and gaach kouto and kaajal lata.It is synonymous to Bengali wedding,yet modern day brides often tend to shift from traditional mixing contemporary styles.But I was so happy to see that Priyanka being a modern day girl herself,yet kept the essence of Bengali marriage and rituals intact.

And Halder,the bridegroom looked handsome in a silk dhoti and kurta with the topor.

Then there were all these pretty decorated tatta.There were so many other things that together created a magic that any magician would fail to recreate.

And not to forget the friends enjoyed a lot which included me too.Its just the beginning after grueling 13 years full of hurdles,they both have supported each other and had faith in their love which helped them come this long,not all can stick by this long,and believe me when I say this because I have seen many breakups,some cant even last a year,so 13 years is quite some years!

I wish godspeed,a long journey ahead of them..Because a marriage isn't easy.It is still the most-coveted way to start a new chapter of life,no matter how modern Indian turn into we still continue to believe that every true love leads to a marriage.If true love happened a generation back it also does happen now.It is about eras where yesterday marks the dawn of tomorrow.