I met my love in the year 2002 when I joined for MBA. It is one of the reputed colleges in Hyderabad. After few days we became good friends and slowly, we got to know each other. He proposed me to marry him at a railway station when I was about to leave for my native place. It seemed like what I was expecting from him…We finished our MBA and he got a job before we finished our exams.
Ours was an inter-caste love and he was from North and I am from South. So there was a lot of cultural difference. But we stood strong when our parents opposed. Somehow we could convince them and finally, we tied a knot in an Arya Samaj on 11th May 2005. Still, we face a lot of cultural differences but somehow we are overcoming them. We celebrate all the festivals….From South as well as North. I fast for Varalaxmi Vratham at the same time do the same for Karva Chauth.
There were fights and quarrels between us, but after every quarrel, our bond has got stronger.
We faced a lot of ups and downs and we tried to be there for each other, always.
I can proudly say that our bond is getting stronger day by day.
We are blessed with 2kids. Elder son Sowmit (Sowjanya+Amit…first 3 letters of my name and last 3 letters of my husband‘s name) is in 8th standard and younger daughter –Aarna is in 2nd standard.
And you would be surprised to know that my kids converse with me in Telugu and Hindi with their father.
-By Sowjanya
